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10/19/2011 12:55:27 AM · #26 |
If this isnt a one time deal, acquiring a webhost and ftp are your easiest option. If you can get a bundled deal with a domain name, then much better. It makes it seem more professional. You dont need to signup for the whole year. Some offer monthly subscriptions.
But 17gig of upload and another 17gig of download takes time, depending on you and your client's internet speed, it can take as little as a few hours to as much as several days. The same is true whether you use a webhost or some commercial file sharing services like box.net or dropbox, or even rapidshare and filesonic.
Why limit your option to electronic online data transfer?
Why not burn it on five DVDs and send it via international courier. Some take as little as two days for the same price you pay for web storage.
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10/20/2011 06:23:53 AM · #27 |
Get an unlimited hosting packet, which you then can use to transfer files using FTP. You can create a ftp account for your client as well.
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10/20/2011 09:14:33 AM · #28 |
Personally... I'd just FedEx a pack of DVDs.
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10/20/2011 09:22:18 AM · #29 |
That probably would have been a more expeditious method. I started the upload the day before yesterday at about 2:00pm and Dropbox says there is still 1 hour remaining.
Really funny thing happened last night with this upload:
When I want to see the progress of the upload I hover the cursor over the icon in the system tray. The two dozen times that I have done this it has always said something like "Uploading 1217 files, (279.0 KB/sec, 17 hrs left)"
Once, and only once last night, it said something like "Uploading 342 files, (It's gonna take awhile, grab a Snickers)"
That was so surprising and funny. It hasn't deviated from it's regular update a single time since then.
Message edited by author 2011-10-20 09:23:20. |
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10/20/2011 09:25:35 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Personally... I'd just FedEx a pack of DVDs. |
Or one Blu-ray... |
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10/20/2011 09:43:30 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by yakatme:
That probably would have been a more expeditious method. I started the upload the day before yesterday at about 2:00pm and Dropbox says there is still 1 hour remaining.
Really funny thing happened last night with this upload:
When I want to see the progress of the upload I hover the cursor over the icon in the system tray. The two dozen times that I have done this it has always said something like "Uploading 1217 files, (279.0 KB/sec, 17 hrs left)"
Once, and only once last night, it said something like "Uploading 342 files, (It's gonna take awhile, grab a Snickers)"
That was so surprising and funny. It hasn't deviated from it's regular update a single time since then. |
Depends on your upload connection I suppose, most of us in UK have ADSL - the A being asymmetrical - meaning the upload and download speeds are not the same. I can download at 6Mbs but can only upload at 0.5Mbs.
If you are uploading on a home internet connection, your upload speed is likely to be very slow compared to your download speed.
Personally I would have gone down the FedEx route... 17GB is a lot of data to upload on a home internet connection. |
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10/20/2011 10:25:49 AM · #32 |
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10/20/2011 10:28:36 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by sarampo:
Originally posted by doctornick:
FedEx the CF card? |
Hehe, best answer yet :)
He DID make a square peg go into a round hole :P |
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a Beetle filled with CD's... :) |
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10/20/2011 10:33:45 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by yakatme:
edit for typo in title How to electronically deliver 17GB of images?
I have a client in Hong Kong that would like me to allow them to download the images for their people to process (THANK YOU!!!) and I would like suggestions as to how to transfer the files to them electronically.
My first idea was yousendit.com but they have a 2GB max. I could use that website and make multiple uploads, but I'm not sure that I want to sign up for a year for just this one project.
I have asked them if they have an ftp site that they use as with the magazines that I sell to. I'm waiting to hear back from them, but in the meantime, does anybody else have any ideas as to how I get these images to them electronically? |
Just upload all the images to a hosting account. I think I have about 150 gigs on my website right now... Then they could just download them.
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10/20/2011 11:02:50 AM · #35 |
With dropbox they can make an account and start downloading before you've finished uploading. Dropbox looks after the keeping things in sync piece. Also, if any files need to be changed, there's no confusion; just drop the new file into the folder and it'll automatically update on their side.
The other thing is that it works in the background. You can turn off your PC, boot up tomorrow and it'll continue uploading from where it left off. |
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10/20/2011 11:59:43 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by JH:
The other thing is that it works in the background. You can turn off your PC, boot up tomorrow and it'll continue uploading from where it left off. |
Oh, that would have been good to know yesterday. I was waiting since yesterday morning to restart my computer because Outlook stopped responding. I've been without email for almost 30 hours now but I didn't want to take a chance with screwing up the upload that I was well into.
Next time I'll know. Thanks. |
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