Managing file transfer commands

A computer implemented method for managing file transfer protocol (FTP) commands to a remote system, the method comprising:

• establishing a first defined FTP command having a first group identifier;
• determining that the first defined FTP command is configured to pull data from the remote system;
• establishing a second defined FTP command having a second group identifier;
• determining that the second defined FTP command is configured to at least one of delete data of the remote system and push data to the remote system;
• determining that the first group identifier and the second group identifier match;
• prioritizing, in response to the determining that the first group identifier and the group identifier match, in further response to the determining that the first defined FTP command is configured to pull data from the remote system, and in further response to determining that the second defined FTP command is configured to at least one of delete data of the remote system and push data to the remote system, the second defined FTP command ahead of the first defined FTP command in a command queue;
• executing, in response to the prioritizing, the second defined FTP command;
• executing, after the executing the second defined FTP command, the first defined FTP command;
• and
• wherein matching group identifiers correspond to groups of client devices that share storage devices on the remote system such that the first group identifier and the second group identifier matching indicates that the first defined FTP command and the second defined FTP command came from client devices that share a storage device on the remote system with each other.

A system for managing file transfer protocol (FTP) commands, comprising:

• a remote system;
• and
• a host system, at least one of the remote system and the host system including a processor in communication with a memory, wherein loading instructions from the memory into the processor causes the processor to perform steps of:
• receiving a first defined FTP command having a first group identifier;
• queuing the received first defined FTP command in a command queue;
• receiving, while the first defined FTP command is queued in the command queue, a second defined FTP command having a second group identifier;
• comparing the first group identifier from the queued first defined FTP command and the second group identifier from the received second defined FTP command;
• determining, based on the comparing, that the first group identifier and the second group identifier match;
• identifying the first defined FTP command as being configured to cause data to be pulled from the remote system;
• identifying the second defined FTP command as being configured to cause the performance of at least one of a group of actions consisting of:
• pushing data to the remote system and deleting data of the remote system;
• prioritizing, in response to the determining that the group identifiers match, in further response to the identifying the first defined FTP command as being configured to cause data to be pulled from the remote system, and in further response to the identifying the second defined FTP command as being configured to cause the performance of at least one of the group of actions consisting of:
• pushing data to the remote system and deleting data of the remote system, the second defined FTP command ahead of the first defined FTP command in the command queue;
• executing, in response to the prioritizing, the second defined FTP command;
• and
• executing, after the executing the second defined FTP command, the first defined FTP command.