The Total FTP Sessions report shows the total number of sessions per FTP client and server for the interval chosen. Both data transfer and non-data transfer sessions are included. This report shows you the times of heaviest use of FTP at your installation in terms of number of sessions. The total number of sessions may or may not correlate with the period of highest amount of bytes transmitted. For example, there may be many FTP sessions that perform non-data transfer activity (RENAME), or many failed FTP sessions. You may wish to view either the Total Bytes report or sessions with traffic over a certain number of bytes to obtain a balanced picture of activity.
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