On Dec 22, 3:28 pm, "Jorge Vargas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Andy Bierman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 22, 9:37 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Andy Bierman schrieb:
>
> >> > Hi,
>
> >> > I need to create a WEB form that allows 1 or more potentially
> >> > large files (10GB - 100GB) to be uploaded to the user's home dir,
> >> > and then send an email to a notify list when this is done.
>
> >> > I know about the FileField widget and
> >> > the FieldStorageUploadConverter, and expanding forms,
> >> > but I don't want to encode these files in a form.
>
> >> > Are there any BitTorrent or FTP upload widgets available?
>
> >> That is technically impossible. FTP and BT are *protocols* that the
> >> browser must speak. And it doesn't. So you don't stand a chance here
> >> with widgets.
>
> > I know FTP and BT are protocols.
> > I meant any API widget to startup and pass off the upload to the BT
> > client
> > if it exists. Any python or JS API at all to do this?
>
> I think you either do not understand the concept of BT/FTP or that of
> widgets. If you want huge uploads then you need big upload bandwidth.
> BT is totally a no go here, as it's main source of speed is multiple
> download sources, as for FTP you can use it as a client, started by
> your webapp server but not directly in the browser unless you have
> something like fireFTP. On the widgets part this is only a UI
> component is not a full application, therefore your UI could be
> covered by a widget but not your system as a whole.
>
thanks -- I'm just looking for something to start a large file upload
from a WEB page. I understand protocols much better than TG widgets.
I will look into fireFTP -- thanks.
> Maybe if you could explain your use case we could suggest a solution,
> maybe your problem doesn't even needs a webUI ? after all how many
> times are you going to upload 100GB files to the server? have you
> though of the bill your service is going to send you?
This is a project for a Hollywood post-production studio.
They transfer large audio and video files all the time.
thanks,
Andy
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