By parahumanoid on

Hello.

How do I deal with the necessity to exchange large (over 150MB) files onsite? I don't want to force the user to install/use FTP client. Also, I am using shared hosting.

Thank you for your input.
Alex.

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davidhernandez
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What are you trying to do exactly? Have users download files, or upload them? Downloading is easy, as you can use any of a number of different methods to link your content to files. There are modules like CCK's filefield, or WebFM, or you could do this manually. I can personally attest that WebFM does a very good job with large files, and keeps them separate from nodes. I have a video site that uses WebFM, with video files that are several hundred megabytes in size.

If you are trying to upload files, that is a much more difficult task. You are going to reach normal file size limits for php around 2-4MB. Its set that low by default, for protection. You'll have to set it higher, but I personally have never tried going that high. I always experience problems when trying more than 10-20MB. Uploading the files through another means, like ftp or ssh, has been my preference.

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parahumanoid commented

Of course, I am worried about the upload part.