Downloading a file to the local C: drive is very slow???

[Zakk]

When in Citrix XP and running SAP 4.6D GUI if I save a file to the local client C:\ drive it takes 70+ seconds and the client processor utilization pegs at 90 to 100%. If I save the file to a citrix server drive it takes < 3 seconds. I can then drag and drop the file to the C: drive very quickly.

Any ideas on what might be causing this? I have already tried turning off anti-virus (no change).

 

[Zakk]

I talked with a Citrix Engineer. He said that the ica client uses the ica protocol and it is optimised for graphics and not file transfers, therefore file transfers will be slow along with large print jobs. If the file is saved to the citrix server it is local and is fast. Then moving the file from the citrix server to the client is fast because it is using TCP and not ICA. Feature Release 2 is supposed to have some performance improvements in the file transfer and printing areas.

By the way, this problem occured on any type of client local or remote (dial-up, WAN, etc.)