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Software => HFS ~ HTTP File Server => Topic started by: rra on October 12, 2009, 04:01:24 PM

Title: max file size ?
Post by: rra on October 12, 2009, 04:01:24 PM

Hi ,
I am completely new to this forum, so maybe this has been asked several times:

when I try to up- or download a very large file, somewhere around 2 GB or more,
the HFS program seems to fail,
I use the (beta) 2.3 V247 on windows-7 -64 bit uploading/downloading to a windows-XP  V247 .
Both computers have NTFS filesystem, so that should support these large files.

Any clues on this matter ?

René

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: maverick on October 12, 2009, 04:13:55 PM

You are experiencing the size limitation of the browser you are using.

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: rra on October 12, 2009, 04:52:09 PM

I wasn't aware of such a limit;
are there any browsers that can handle these large files ??

René

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: maverick on October 12, 2009, 05:44:22 PM

Try Firefox, Opera, or a download manager.

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: MarkV on October 15, 2009, 10:05:04 PM

Firefox can download large files just fine, upload is limited to 2GiB-1.
Opera seems to handle large files completely.

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: rra on October 16, 2009, 05:23:48 AM

I didn't try firefox, but indeed Opera worked OK,

Thanks

René

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: rra on October 17, 2009, 03:52:21 PM

Forgot to mention:

Opera (version 10.10) does seem to be much slower in upload transfer-speeds (sustained speed about 130 KB/s compared to internet explorer 2000 KB/s)
, also it is consuming a lot of CPU power compared to IE.

Any ideas what is going on here ?


René

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: rejetto on October 19, 2009, 09:05:54 AM

i don't have a solution, being not an Opera expert, but i can tell you
that (wasted) CPU power is directly connected to the low speed. Indeed, when a software tops the CPU, can't go faster than that.
this mean, with a faster CPU you would upload faster. But this is not meant to justify Opera's problem, and you are not supposed to buy a faster cpu ;) just for your information.

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: rra on October 19, 2009, 10:43:32 AM

OK, thanks ,

I think I have to go to an Opera forum to solve this issue,
as it really seems to be Opera behaving ineffecient.
Maybe it is some setting in Opera.

René

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: Vik on October 24, 2009, 06:24:25 AM

I am an Opera user. I will test out a large upload with a friend tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: Vik on October 24, 2009, 06:15:35 PM

Interesting. My Opera 10 kept freezing when I tried it, but Internet Explorer 8 was able to transfer large files at max speed. I am thinking this might be partially due to the operating system. I am using Windows 7 x64

Title: Re: max file size ?
Post by: rejetto on October 26, 2009, 01:44:48 AM

when i was a Opera user, i always hated that it had a long freeze before uploading a large file.
actually, the freeze is proportionate to the size of the file.
i guess they didn't fix this issue yet....