Hi Pascal, the problem you're trying to cope with is that HTTP doesn't have a native way of resuming uploads (at least not that browsers actually implement). This is the only advantage of FTP over HTTP, other than that, FTP has only disadvantages - the need for an active port, unfamiliarity to most modern users. I'd argue that you don't want to use a different protocol, only a frontend that allows you to resume, show progress and upload multiple files in a series. This can be done using HTTP as the protocol - look at e.g. Gmail attachment or Youtube video uploads. Yes, this requires an extra programmatic support on both server and client side. There are quite a lot of existing solutions out there (here's a random example, although it doesn't have all the features: http://www.solmetra.com/en/disp.php/en_products/flash_uploader/uploader_intro). But if you are going to solve this problem, why not solve it in an ideal way that will also benefit other DSpace users (assuming you'll share your work).
If this is, for whatever reason, not the way you want to go, I can list the different ways how you can get bitstreams to DSpace (but all of them will require some customization of your DSpace). As a sidenote, here's a different solution actively being worked on: http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/openexeterrdm/blog/2012/10/19/big-data-submission-tool-at-the-idcc/ This should be covered by the OR13 presentation "Moving BIG DATA into DSpace" by Lee Taylor from University of Exeter. Regards, ~~helix84 Compulsory reading: DSpace Mailing List Etiquette https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
