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Do you mean requires no configuration on the source or destination? :)
Installing it on windows required me to install visual c++ build tools, which is a beast of 1.2GB. So yeah it requires a lot. I rather recommend croc, just dropped it on my path it Just works.
Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?
#362I am actually transferring 400Gb of data across the world right now. I decided to use Apple iCloud and it works pretty good.
Too bad the laptop I am transferring from in a bad condition and with Windows so sometimes iCloud service is freezing and I need to restart it.
I tried to create torrent but it seems it takes forever on such a weak machine.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?
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I don't see how anything would be much more robust than HTTP. Any network based protocol can fail at any time, so you're going to have to have some concept of tracking your progress and retrying failed requests. Both are easy to do with HTTP. Can you give a concrete example of something that would work better than HTTP?
Here's an exercise for you: In your browser, start downloading a test file, like [1]. Turn off your network card for a few seconds, then turn it back on. See what your browser does. Next, start downloading a large file over Bittorrent, like [2]. Turn off your network card for a few seconds, then turn it back on. See what the client does. [1] http://speedtest.tele2.net/100GB.zip [2] https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-c…
This has nothing to do with HTTP. It's just poor behavior on the part of the browser.