hope,
I’m sure this has been talked about or thought of, but what’s the reason for sticking with FTP instead of using a more “real-time” approach?
FTP works well in more “batch-oriented” scenarios, where the schedule is measured in several minutes or hours. IMHO, when you start talking about picking up files every 5 seconds, you may want to start looking for alternatives.
If getting away from FTP is not an option, but the sending system has the ability to change the location to which it FTP’s the file, then another option may even be for the sending system to FTP the file to the IS directly via the IS’s FTP port. Once the file is sent, the service to which the file was FTP’ed is invoked automatically so there’s no need for the Scheduler or File Polling. I’ve heard mixed feelings about using this feature of the IS, but it’s worked well for me in the past.
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