[SWLUG] How to cope with superlarge file

[Jonathan Wright]

Neil Jones wrote:
> I am exploring an idea.  One of the possible options involves
> downloading a .tar file that is around 300 _Giga_ bytes in size.

No-one's asked the question yet, and you are free not to answer it if 
the situation doesn't allow, but why have you chosen or opted to use the 
method of trying to download a 300Gb tar file via HTTP?

Is it a single file that has been tar'ed, or a group of files. If a 
group of files, why not download them separately.


(BTW, it may worth looking into whether any of the methods, FTP, HTTP, 
etc. can support such a large file - you may find many are limited to 
say 2Gb or 4Gb files.

Also, even co-location or broadband of not a guarantee that you will 
receive the file in one piece in one go - a single drop-out at any point 
can render the transfer useless)

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