Need to transfer a 24gb file - help!

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I have a 24gb set of files that I need to transfer to an office in Asia.
Their FTP transfer is limited to 33KBps download but they have a decent internet connection. There is nothing I can do about their infrastructure to remove this artifical limit.
I was wondering about using a hosted service to upload at our HTTP speed, that allows them to download at their HTTP speed - something along the lines of Rapidshare.

Can anyone recommend a service that will allow such a large file / set of files that is decent quality. It will pretty much be a one off.
If I can't get this to work, I will be couriering a drive out there which I'd like to aviod doing.

cheers
 
What level of communication do you have with the destination and your own office, if you're directly talking to their IT Techs then you can probably sort out a direct transfer via HTTP or tunneled FTP or something.
 
Then your best option would be to encrypt the drive and airmail it.
24GB is far too big to upload to a midpoint then re-download just as a one off. the time it would take to do that air mail would have probably beaten it.
 
Hmm 24Gig @33KBps , should be ready about same time as next millenium.

Either burn them to a writeable blu-ray disc or dvd's and then send them via a signed for courier
 
Is the limit just FTP? If so, just setup a webserver your end and they can download it that way.

Having said that, mailing it would probably be quicker/more reliable ....
 
I work in a recording studio and quite routinely send large amounts of data all over the world.

We use Glyph ruggedised drives, pop them in a little pelicase/flightcase and send them via DHL. We have a 2Mbit SDSL line that we use for smaller jobs, but anything that would take longer than just physically sending them a drive is not done via the interweb.

Not had a problem yet (touches wood!).

I also wouldn't use any middleman service such as Rapidshare for any kind of business related data, simply don't trust services like that.
 
wij said:
I work in a recording studio and quite routinely send large amounts of data all over the world.

We use Glyph ruggedised drives, pop them in a little pelicase/flightcase and send them via DHL. We have a 2Mbit SDSL line that we use for smaller jobs, but anything that would take longer than just physically sending them a drive is not done via the interweb.

Not had a problem yet (touches wood!).

I also wouldn't use any middleman service such as Rapidshare for any kind of business related data, simply don't trust services like that.
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I'm assuming you use encryption on the drives you send?
 
Tut tut. Sending business related data using a public courier service unencrypted is a tad risky. Padlocks are easy to remove if the whole unit is stolen and if a client finds out it wasn't encrypted you could face some nasty law suits or contract withdrawls.

Personally I'd recomend whichever medium the OP chooses to use he uses some form of encryption to if not protect the data to cover his own ass should it go missing :)
 
Business related data is sent unencrypted via public courier service all the time - heck, a lot of the time via Royal Mail with no more protection than a licked envelope seal.

If it's only FTP which is crippled you may be able to find another protocol to use (perhaps serve it via HTTP on an internal webserver). 7zip the files (broken down into bitesize chunks, say 1gig each max) and make sure the server supports resuming.

Obviously you'll need to take into consideration the upload speed of your connection; if it isn't great, then physically mailing a drive may be a better option.
 
Skidilliplop said:
Tut tut. Sending business related data using a public courier service unencrypted is a tad risky. Padlocks are easy to remove if the whole unit is stolen and if a client finds out it wasn't encrypted you could face some nasty law suits or contract withdrawls.

Personally I'd recomend whichever medium the OP chooses to use he uses some form of encryption to if not protect the data to cover his own ass should it go missing :)
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If its good enough for the government . . . etc etc.
 
Thanks for the suggestions. We chunked it and set it through on multiple concurrent FTP clients. It was a pain, but it worked.
 
is that 33kbps limit the total bandwidth or per file? cos if ya winrar'd it into lots of smaller files and sent them all over msn :p hehe
 
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