Huge file upload

Question

I have a web service that accepts really huge files. Usually in the range of 10 - 15 GB (not MB). However upload using a browser is only possible using Chrome on Linux. All 3 ma

Answer 1

There is a fairly young JS/HTML5 API which might cover your user case:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Using_files_from_web_applications

I can't speak to its suitability though.

Answer 2

Normally you would break and upload such files in chunks using stream upload. If you take a limited amount data of the file, upload that part to the server, server appends data to the file. Repeat till complete file is uploaded. You can read a file in parts using FileStream (update: Adobe AIR only) or with javascript using the experimental Blob/FileReader. I guess this could be a workaround for the problem.

I think this solution could help: AS3 fileStream appears to read the file into memory

Let me know if this works out, its an interesting problem.

Answer 3

If you're using IIS, the default max file upload is 4GB. You need to change this in your script or your server settings.

See: Increasing Max Upload File Size on IIS7/Win7 Pro