Large file transfers

J0hnb0y

J0hnb0y

J0hnb0y

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Hiya guys. I am in the ally stages of putting together a business that will involve sending large files, 4gb on an almost daily basis. We don't want to have an office and central server as this will not be cost effective initially. My plan is to have 100 mb fibre optic broadband in all the addresses and a NAS drive.

The question is, will an FTP be the best way to get this data moving? It's likely that files will be going back and forward all day and we will need to have data pretty promptly.

Thanks for any advice
 
How compressible is the data?

Try compressing one of them with 7zip and see how small the file goes.

Personally, I split files up into 100MB chunks if I have to upload big things.
 
Won't be able to split the files as cannot risk losing any raw data. I have no idea about symmetric or asymmetric, I was going to give Virgin Media a call as I assume this will give the fastest speeds currently? All these file transfers will be via a NAS in my house...I'm doing my homework a such as possible, though I'm finding it difficult to find any answers!

Yes, needs to be secure!
 
Compress the file if it's uncompressed data to start with it will vanish to a fraction of the size once compressed. You will also know if there are errors caused by the transfer as soon as you try and uncompressed it....

Going backwards and forwards all day! You realise 100mb download link will likely only be 10 meg upload so that's 1 hour to get the file from one site to another...

Try and update the file from 3 sites from your 'server' and that's gonna be 3 hours best case.....
 
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Probably easiest to get a vds to be honest. FTP will do the job but isn't secure as username and password is in plain text so you'll want scp or an https web app to do this.
 
If you set up VPN tunnels back to the central location you could use almost any method to transfer the files securely. As has already been mentioned though - most consumer Internet connections have pretty low upload speeds. The best currently is probably BT Infinity 2 or similar with ~80mb down and 20mb up if it's available in your area(s)
 
I'm pretty set on using a WD Sentinel for storage/access. I'm no IT expert and want an easy solution that shouldn't require any maintenance...will have a look for ISP's with faster upload speeds.

Thanks for the help and advice
 
J0hnb0y said:
Won't be able to split the files as cannot risk losing any raw data. I have no idea about symmetric or asymmetric, I was going to give Virgin Media a call as I assume this will give the fastest speeds currently? All these file transfers will be via a NAS in my house...I'm doing my homework a such as possible, though I'm finding it difficult to find any answers!

Yes, needs to be secure!
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7zip doesn't damage files when it compresses and splits them.. :confused:
 
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