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fastest way to send a large file

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holden j caufield

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I've got a 100gb vm I need to send. I've already compacted it so this is it. I've got a 10mbps upload but for some reason via ftp I'm maxing at 270kB/s. I don't think it's capped at this speed on the other end. I remember downloading a vm from their end at sustained 4MB. I'm currently at home on Cox. I've tried flashfxp, filezilla, cuteftp and I've forwarded port 21. Same result any ideas because this is way too slow. Thanks
 
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Where is the file stored ?
If you really have 10mbps upload, then something is using up your bandwidth...
Maybe ISP is throttling FTP traffic... try sftp if the remote supports it, or, if you have a shell, rsync it.
 
Your internet connection being rated for 10mbps doesn't mean that wherever you are uploading to will take 10mbps. We can't really give you more assistance regarding the situation without info such as the host you are uploading to.
 
Put it on a hard drive or a big flash drive and mail it. Depending on how far it needs to go, next day (or 2 day) delivery would probably get it there long before you can finish uploading the file and your destination can download it.
 
Fardringle said:
Put it on a hard drive or a big flash drive and mail it. Depending on how far it needs to go, next day (or 2 day) delivery would probably get it there long before you can finish uploading the file and your destination can download it.
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You wouldn't believe the "transfer rate" a box of hard drives sent next-day is equivalent to. 😀
Pretty sure a lot of those online backup companies also offer physical media restores simply due to the speed.
 
Ever considered changing the default MTU on both sides of the network and devices in between to allow for greater sustained throughput?

Comblues
 
Fardringle said:
Put it on a hard drive or a big flash drive and mail it. Depending on how far it needs to go, next day (or 2 day) delivery would probably get it there long before you can finish uploading the file and your destination can download it.
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Came here to suggest that.

Mind you 10mbps is a half decent upload speed but internet speed is rarely guaranteed so think of it more as 8mbps which is roughly 1MB/sec. 100GB is 102400MB so it will take 28 hours if everything goes well. Actually, that's pretty decent for 100GB over the internet... I think I miscalculated something here...
 
Red Squirrel said:
Came here to suggest that.

Mind you 10mbps is a half decent upload speed but internet speed is rarely guaranteed so think of it more as 8mbps which is roughly 1MB/sec. 100GB is 102400MB so it will take 28 hours if everything goes well. Actually, that's pretty decent for 100GB over the internet... I think I miscalculated something here...
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no that sounds right, I did almost 200down on my 10mbps connection in 24h
 
Your numbers are about right under ideal (i.e. perfect) conditions, Red Squirrel. But residential internet connections are rarely, if ever, perfect, and the OP reported maxing out at about 270kb/s. At that speed, regular First Class Mail would get a drive there faster than he could finish uploading the file. And that's assuming it doesn't fail at 99% so he has to start over again..
 
Oh right we are talking about a single file here so if it fails... restart! Definitely use postal mail.

Another option is to just rebuild the VM on site then just transfer the data. When I ran my Ultima Online server I had a virtualbox VM for the server as it was a .NET app and required Windows. I've moved servers a few times and I'd just rebuild the vm on the new host then I just had to transfer the data over. A bit more work as you have to reconfigure everything though but I usually had the new server ready within a few hours, then I'd schedule the switch over during the regular nightly game server restart so it's seamless for the users.
 
Throughput on a TCP session is limited by latency, which affects "ACK" times.
If you could break the file into chunks, and send it using a multi-threaded, multi-session Application like FileZilla ( the receive end must also be capable) you could come closer to using your full throughput.
You might also be constrained by a "weak link" along the path.
 
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Wait?, If your upload speed is 10mbps what is your DL speed?, UP and down speed are generaly never the same?, Up speed is almost always half to 1/4th DL speeds.
 
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