FTP Sender Adapter with EOIO for Large files

Hi Experts,
I am Using XI 3.0 version,
My scenario is File->XI->FIle, I need to pick the files from FTP Server , there are around 50 files in it each of 10 MB Size.
So i have to pick the files from FTP folder in the same order as they put into folder , i,e.., FIFO.
So in Sender FTP Comm channel , i am Specifying
Qos = EOIO
queue name = ACCOUNT
whether the files will be picked in FIFO into the queue XBTO_ACCOUNT?
So my question is,
what is the procedure to specify the parameters so that it will process in FIFO?
What would be the BEST PRACTICE to acheive it for better performance point of view.
Thanks
Sai.

Hi spantaleoni ,
I want to process the files using FTP protocol which should be in FIFO ,
ie.., Files placed first in a folder should be picked up first and remaining one next and so on.
So if i use FTP ,
Then to process the files in sequence i.e, FIFO
the processing parameters
Qos= EOIO
Queue name = ACCOUNT
would process the files in FIFO.
and to process large files (10MB size) what would be the best Polling interval secs.
Thanks,
Sai

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