filesize limit on ftp upload?

jstevens · 22-01-2005, 16:05

Anyone aware of a file size restriction on ntlworld webspace?
Im using smartftp and whilst small files (approx 15k) upload fine, Im having problems with pictures (around 100-200k) - it looks really weird because it seems to get half way through and then bombs out (session text below)

now I know you'll prob say Ive run out of web space but Ive got very little content on there (about 1mb!)

ive checked my settings...(passive & auto ascii/binary) etc etc.
heres the session text...
##########################################
226 Quotas off

TYPE I

200 Type set to I.

PASV

227 Entering Passive Mode (62,253,162,29,210,216)

Opening data connection IP: 62,253,162,29,210,216 PORT: 53976.

STOR 2005_0122Imageb0011.jpg

150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 2005_0122Imageb0011.jpg

Unknown error.

451 Transfer aborted. Insufficient memory or file locked.

TYPE A

200 Type set to A.

PASV

227 Entering Passive Mode (62,253,162,29,210,232)

Opening data connection IP: 62,253,162,29,210,232 PORT: 53992.

LIST -aL

150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list

595 bytes received successfully. (595 B/s) (00:00:01).

226-Transfer complete.

226 Quotas off

22-01-2005, 16:54

hi -

to cable Forum

as far as i know there are no restrictions on file sizes, i just did a quick check using FireFtp & transferred a file of over 700KB to my NTL webspace, the log was as follows

Quote:

TYPE I

200 Type set to I.

PASV

227 Entering Passive Mode (62,253,162,29,235,151)

STOR /piccies/Kate Garraway.bmp

150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for /piccies/Kate Garraway.bmp

226 Transfer complete.

TYPE A

200 Type set to A.

CWD /piccies

250 CWD command successful.

PASV

227 Entering Passive Mode (62,253,162,29,236,50)

LIST

150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list

226-Transfer complete.

226 Quotas off

**Paul** · 22-01-2005, 17:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by jstevens

451 Transfer aborted. Insufficient memory or file locked.

This seems to be the clue to your problem - make sure the files are not locked by another process.

22-01-2005, 17:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M

This seems to be the clue to your problem - make sure the files are not locked by another process.

thats a misleading message i think. I used to get that all the time and the file was not locked at all. i havent uploaded a large file recently to check to see if it still happens

city-boy · 22-01-2005, 20:42

This may be unrelater, but I had the same problem once, however I soon realised that it wasn't just uploading to NTL, it was a faulty set top box, and all uploads failed after about 15K. Downloads were always fine. Try uploading or sending a big email and see if that fails too. The set top bx was replaced for an lder model, and it was fine.

jstevens · 22-01-2005, 22:57

Hmmm...

Just tried uploading to a friends 1and1.co.uk webspace... it works fine.

so fairly sure its not box & also not locked by another process - I wonder if its user contention on ntlworld upload server?

altis · 23-01-2005, 00:19

Check out the foot of this page:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...tips/loss.html

23-01-2005, 00:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by jstevens

Anyone aware of a file size restriction on ntlworld webspace?
[/color][/size][size=1][color=#ff0000]451 Transfer aborted. Insufficient memory or file locked.

This sounds like the problem I had when trying to use WSFTP-LE to upload to NTL webspace.

The only way around it was to use IE's inbuilt ftp server and set the address to ftp:// (and whatever the upload address is), that lets you transfer files by drag and dropping them.