Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#1

Post by mettamage » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 8:14 AM UTC

I just opened up a simple HTTP server to send someone a large file. Then I figured, I never gave this question proper thought.

But some of you have, and I figured they make for fun and interesting stories ;-)

So what's your favorite method to send large files, of at least 5GB or bigger? Though, I'm also curious on how you'd send 10TB or more.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#2

Post by kvn_95 » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 8:24 AM UTC

Magic Wormhole (https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) if it's between OSes.

Between OSX, AirDrop works very well. I have sent >10GB files between Macs, quite quick as well.

I have never send a 10TB file so I wouldn't know. None of my drives are that large yet :)

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#3

Post by hosteur » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 8:59 AM UTC

I use http://ifile.dk

Simple. Works.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#4

Post by mettamage » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 9:07 AM UTC

kvn_95 wrote: post #2

Magic Wormhole ( https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ) if it's between OSes. Between OSX, AirDrop works very well. I have sent >10GB files between Macs, quite quick as well. I have never send a 10TB file so I wouldn't know. None of my drives are that large yet :)

I use the magic of AirDrop as well :) Unfortunately, sometimes I'm on my Linux machine (in which case python3 -m http.server works just fine), or need to send a file to someone else and then I'd like to have at least some form of monitoring/progress.

Edit: magic wormhole is awesome! Thanks! :D

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#5

Post by erezsh » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 9:42 AM UTC

I'm partial to https://mega.nz/

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#6

Post by britmob » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 10:54 AM UTC

Resilio Sync (formerly bittorent sync) is my go-to for any file larger than a few hundred megabytes.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#7

Post by thedanbob » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 11:07 AM UTC

I send public links from the Seafile instance running on my home server. For 10+ TB, I think the only practical option would be to mail a hard drive or two.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#8

Post by makeworld » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 12:31 PM UTC

I like gofile.io, as it's private and has no limits.

But for something like 10 TB or more, I'd see a torrent as the only way. My uploads speeds are too slow for anything else, the connection would be reset. The torrent also helps prevent corruption.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#9

Post by hotwire » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 12:50 PM UTC

A station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway...

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

#10

Post by villgax » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 1:45 PM UTC

Backblaze/Torrent