Re: Is there a way to get 30 GB files through the net ...
From: Ernst-Magne Vindal (ernst_at_vindal.com)
Date: 05/22/05
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Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 23:24:18 +0200 (CEST) To: Debian users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
On Sun, 22 May 2005, Marty wrote:
> Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 16:43:49 -0400
> From: Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: Is there a way to get 30 GB files through the net ...
> Resent-Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 15:43:57 -0500 (CDT)
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> Ibrahim Mubarak wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am in a bit of weird situation. I am running a dual boot system. I
> > need to be able to let someone I know but lives far be able to upload
> > 30 GB or so of data to my PC or download stuff off of it. I also need
> > to be able to get it all to the windows side. Yeah, I know you don't
> > like win, but it is a must in this situation.
> >
> > I also need a good solution (not just a quick fix) as I might have to
> > get those 30 GB back and forth to my friend quite a few times.
> >
> > I thought about ftp. I could run an ftp server on my debian side (I
> > chose to stick with linux on this part as it is way more secure). I
> > started looking at vsftpd, but I just thought about something. The only
> > way I can share files between the OSs is through FAT32 disks. But those
> > only support files up to 4GB. So I'm in trouble.
> >
> > Any thoughts? Any docs talking about a similar issue? Any sites you
> > would know that can help me?
>
> I would suggest rsync. FTP could be a nightmare for that much data.
> (I've learned that the hard way.)
>
> Most likely you would want to make each side an rsync server for the
> other side, which can be securely done, although that will require
> some kind of secure tunnelling if data confidentiality is an issue
> (also no problem with rsync).
>
> As for getting the data on your windows side, this is decided by what
> kind of filesystem your data need. To my knowledge hard links (and
> other UNIX filesystem features and not available in that world, which
> is some instances make it literally impossible to use MS-type filesystems.
> This is probably your prior issue.
>
>
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sorry, a bit quick here...." file size " not drive....
Well, you can split the file in 4G size
/ernst-magne
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