Transferring large amounts of data

[spidey07]

Why not just send them via FTP?

That's a lot faster than mailing them. That's what the internet is for. If he doesn't have the speed required, an ISP would be more than happy to provide what he needs.

 

[wiredspider]

Get super fast internet?

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Quasmo
Have him send the tapes over night. There is going to be nothing that is as fast as sending the tapes.

QFT. Any kind of media, even a USB HD would be a better solution.

No it wouldn't. Just put it on a DVD...hard drive has a better chance of being damaged.

Originally posted by: mugs
With 1 megabit upload it'd take about 9 hours to transfer the file I think... (4000 * 8) / 3600.

Unfortunately that's about 3x faster than most of us probably have at home.

This reminds me of a saying I've heard that goes something along the lines of "never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon loaded with backup tapes"

 

[natto fire]

If he knows enough nice people that could seed a torrent, that would take care of it getting to India, but not sure how it would get back.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Why not just send them via FTP?

That's a lot faster than mailing them. That's what the internet is for. If he doesn't have the speed required, an ISP would be more than happy to provide what he needs.

Maybe he's using Comcast as his ISP, and he's worried that they'll cut him off half way through the upload because he hit his "invisible" transfer quota for the day.

Besides, the folks in India might have a crappy connection on their end as well. I wouldn't try it unless you have at least guaranteed T1 speeds on both sides of the connection.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: spidey07
Why not just send them via FTP?

That's a lot faster than mailing them. That's what the internet is for. If he doesn't have the speed required, an ISP would be more than happy to provide what he needs.

Maybe he's using Comcast as his ISP, and he's worried that they'll cut him off half way through the upload because he hit his "invisible" transfer quota for the day.

Besides, the folks in India might have a crappy connection on their end as well. I wouldn't try it unless you have at least guaranteed T1 speeds on both sides of the connection.

LOL! Touche'

But seriously, a provider is more than happy to provide what he needs. It just might not be 30 bucks per month.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
Unfortunately that's about 3x faster than most of us probably have at home.

This reminds me of a saying I've heard that goes something along the lines of "never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon loaded with backup tapes"

Since this is for a business and he needs high speed, he should shell out the few hundred dollars for a business class internet package. He will get high speeds and won't have to fear of the magic Comcast limit.

The people in India are a problem though. You better hope they have awesome connections too.

 

[alkemyst]

T1 speeds wouldn't cut it if you are talking GB's and GB's of data quickly.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
T1 speeds wouldn't cut it if you are talking GB's and GB's of data quickly.

But 45 Mbs, 155 Mbs, 10, 100, 40, 1000...they would all be appropriate. Or MLPPP bundle of 4 T1s if he's in a remote area.

 

[Flammable]

and plus since he's transferring to india, he has to make sure THEY have speed required. But FedEx overnight shouldnt cost more than 100 while the t1 line would be about 300-500....

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: alkemyst
T1 speeds wouldn't cut it if you are talking GB's and GB's of data quickly.

But 45 Mbs, 155 Mbs, 10, 100, 40, 1000...they would all be appropriate. Or MLPPP bundle of 4 T1s if he's in a remote area.

T1 is 1.54Mbps.

OC3 and the like are faster, but you are limited by your end points and whatever is in the middle if slower.

Being this is in India (I missed this)...it's really going to depend on the value of speed.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Unfortunately that's about 3x faster than most of us probably have at home.

This reminds me of a saying I've heard that goes something along the lines of "never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon loaded with backup tapes"

I guess I take Patriot Media for granted. I get about 10-15 Mbit down (sustained, not burst) and at least 1 Mbit upload.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: alkemyst
T1 speeds wouldn't cut it if you are talking GB's and GB's of data quickly.

But 45 Mbs, 155 Mbs, 10, 100, 40, 1000...they would all be appropriate. Or MLPPP bundle of 4 T1s if he's in a remote area.

Dude doesn't want to pay FedEx to ship it to India, and you think he's going to pay for 4 T1s?

 

[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: Flammable
and plus since he's transferring to india, he has to make sure THEY have speed required. But FedEx overnight shouldnt cost more than 100 while the t1 line would be about 300-500....

Just a correction here, FedEX overnight is a domestic service. Try to overnight something to India, no matter how small, is gonna cost a few grand.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: alkemyst
T1 speeds wouldn't cut it if you are talking GB's and GB's of data quickly.

But 45 Mbs, 155 Mbs, 10, 100, 40, 1000...they would all be appropriate. Or MLPPP bundle of 4 T1s if he's in a remote area.

Dude doesn't want to pay FedEx to ship it to India, and you think he's going to pay for 4 T1s?

Well there are special network services specifically for moving video/pre-press stuff around that aren't Big I internet. This kind of thing is just the cost of doing business, just like shipping is.

 

[UberNeuman]

Tell your friend to learn how to edit video himself. Not only will it save time, it'll save money as well....

 

[FoBoT]

this won't save money, you either have to pay for a LOT of bandwidth or overnight shipping charges to ship DVD's back and forth

I don't think this is an example of something that saves money by global outsourcing

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: OdiN
Put it on removable media.

FedEx it overnight.

He said the people that are editing the videos are in India......

Last I checked, FedEx ships to India.

The whole point of him having the Indians do the editing was that it was cheaper then doing it here in the US. By having to ship it FedEx that would negate his savings...as was explained to me

if it is only 20-30$ savings, just have people in the US do it...

 

[nick1985]

4GB is NOT bulk

 

[Zolty]

It really isn't hard to find qualified video editors in the states. Find someone locally put it on an external hard drive and hand it to them. Pay them around 15-30/hr, find them on craigslist.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: nick1985
4GB is NOT bulk

And put on media it would still be smaller than an alternator no?

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK
A co-worker of mine is starting up a wedding video business. He asked me if there was any way he could send his raw video to another friend to edit via the internet (large files like 4-5GB or so) and back again.

I told him maybe he could zip/rar it and send it in pieces via email but then there are limits set on email. What about rar-ing it and then use a ftp client?

Any other thoughts that I can pass along would be appreciated.

VPN may be your only salvation. Super duper setup here, the editor in India VPN in. Shipping the file is nuts.

 

[RichUK]

Carrier pigeon?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Why not just FTP the file?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

how much could he be possibly saving going to india......