The Apache team is working on a new FTP server software. It seems interesting since it is highly configurable/pluggable via various API:s. It seems like it is possible to plug-in your own user manager, your own file upload/download handlers, etc... The project is in the 'incubator' phase and has not yet been released. I don't know how far it is from beeing released, but it may be worth having a look at it, since many operating systems allows simple drag-and-drop files operations between local hard disk and FTP folders.
Here is the URL: http://incubator.apache.org/ftpserver/ /Nicklas vegard nygaard wrote: > > I think that uploading files using BASE2's http-upload can become cumbersome > and prone to errors with bigger/many files. We hope to produce a lot of data > in the near future and this might be a problem. > > I have an idea of a "Import server side files"-plug-in. This will work in > this way: > 1. You upload your files to the server where BASE2 resides using your > favorite (and available) file transfer (fpt, samba, etc). > 2. Inside BASE2 you execute the plug-in and BASE2 moves the files so it fits > with the BASE2 file system and makes necessary database records. > > Have any of you thought of something like it? It should be simpler to > implement than a BASE2 integrated ftp server. Though it would not suit all > users since it depend on having some kind of standard file transfer access > to the server. > > Are there any big problems with this solution I have not seen? > > Vegard > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:basedb-devel- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicklas Nordborg >> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 8:12 PM >> To: BASE dev >> Subject: Re: [basedb-devel] Problem uploading large zip file >> >> I did some test by inserting some debug statements the first thing in >> the upload script. I tested this on Windows with Firefox 2.0.0.9 and >> Microsoft IE 7.0 by uploading a 5.74GB (6 169 509 888 bytes) file. >> >> With Firefox it seems like the upload script never gets called at all. >> Nothing happens and no debug output is seen. >> >> With IE the file starts to upload but the file is reported as 1.7 GB (1 >> 874 544 014 bytes). The upload stops when that number is reached and >> appears as a file in BASE (with the size 1.7 GB). In my debug output I >> can see that IE is actually setting the content-length header to >> 1874544014, which is approximately what you get if you just chop of the >> last 4 bytes of the actual file size. >> >> I found a page with some information of the problem: >> http://www.motobit.com/help/scptutl/pa98.htm >> >> So, I guess it is a browser-related problem or maybe a limitation of the >> HTTP specification. You have to split the file into smaller chunks >> before uploading them. >> >> /Nicklas >> >> >> Nicklas Nordborg wrote: >>> Adam Ameur wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I encountered a problem when trying to upload a 3.6 GB zip file >>>> containing raw data from about 100 high density Affymetrix arrays in >>>> BASE2.4.6. In Firefox the data transfer doesn't seem to start at all. >>>> Using Safari the upload got started but the file never showed up in >>>> BASE. Are there any limitations in file size when uploading to BASE, or >>>> is this only a browser specific problem? I know this data set is >>>> extremely big but I hope that it's anyway possible to upload and store >>>> it in BASE. >>> I really don't know if it is a browser specific problem, a BASE problem >>> or a limitation in the underlying operating system of the server. I >>> guess most operating systems support larger files so the last not >>> likely. In any case, do you see any error messages in Tomcat's log file >>> that seem related to this? >>> >>> The only thing I can think of on the BASE side is that the content size >>> is only available as an integer in the Servlet API, which can hold a max >>> value around 2GB. I don't know what happens if the content size is >>> larger, but I think the progress bar may get confused if it gets a >>> negative value or no value at all. >>> >>> /Nicklas >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> - >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> basedb-devel mailing list >>> basedb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/basedb-devel >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. 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