Move Gigabytes across the Internet in record time - Quickly & Painlessly
FLUME™ is a family of patented networked applications which accelerate file transfers across global networks. Traditional TCP/IP works well on local networks but slows down as distances (and therefore latencies) increase. FLUME works by virtually eliminating the effects of latency that limit traditional IP transfer technologies. By using FLUME, a company can now move Gigabytes of data across the internet faster and easier than ever before.

FLUME PROVIDES:

• A software only solution
• 5-100x acceleration on high latency connections
• Throughput scales linearly with the addition of bandwidth
• Better data reliability than FTP. FLUME is more suitable for large transfers than traditional solutions
• 100% automatic operation. FLUME continuously dynamically self tunes its operation to include being 'fair' in its bandwidth use for competing network users.

Real World FLUME results for a 100 megabyte transfer
Link	Bandwidth	Standard FTP		Flume Transport		Speed Up Factor
		Transfer Time (seconds)	Effective Throughput (KB/Sec)	Transfer Time (seconds)	Effective Throughput (KB/Sec)
NYC - India	E1	2820	35	540	185	5x
NYC -India	4 x E1	2760	36	105	950	26x
China - Netherlands	OC-48	780	128	7	14286	111x

Technical summary

FLUME is a completely automatic software solution that maximizes throughput by minimizing latency. It reacts to past and predicts future network congestion in order to maximize use of available bandwidth while remaining “fair” to competitive traffic as demanded by network managers. It achieves its increased throughput without modifying the data in any way or depending on previous transmissions to serve as foundations for incremental processing.
Why are traditional internet communications so poor over long haul networks?

Frequently Asked Questions

What is FLUME’s architecture? What network investment do I need to make to use FLUME?
FLUME is a server-client software solution. Flume does not require any special network hardware. FLUME runs on standard Linux machines, with one machine required on each end of a desired connection.

What speeds can FLUME achieve on my network?
FLUME has continually been proven to leverage all available bandwidth - while being respectful to concurrent network traffic. FLUME will moderate its sending rate to ensure all other network traffic is transmitted unencumbered by Flume’s activities.

What application functionality does FLUME offer?
FLUME is currently packaged as a multi-file directory synchronization tool. FLUME is also available for integration, via API, into other enterprise applications.