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Best way to upload large files

 
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Frode789
post 15 Mar, 2008 - 07:52 AM
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Hi.

I need to upload a file (1.6 GB) to my web server. However, using FTP takes ages... Is there any other way (Faster) to upload this file?

Thanks, Frode.
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MorphiusFaydal
post 15 Mar, 2008 - 08:36 AM
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It's probably the fact that your upload at your home machine is slow. You'd probably be able to do it faster from somewhere with a much higher grade connection to the Internet, like a University. Of course, they may have throttled how much data an individual machine can push, so.....
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post 15 Mar, 2008 - 11:08 AM
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I'd be surprised if your host would even allow you to FTP 1.6 gigabytes. You might need to contact them first.... and be prepared to do some explaining!
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post 29 Mar, 2008 - 09:25 PM
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What MorphiusFaydal has said is dead on. When ISPs boast about their speed it's always download speed. On the other hand, I don't see any reason why they would place a limit to the file size.

To get it there faster, you could use a compression tool that will split up the file into smaller chunks, like say 6 files rather than 1 large one. That way you could fire some of them off now & some later. Chances are your upload speed is around 512 to 768 kbs, & if you are on cable, you will suffer with the subnet traffic as well.
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