File sharing

[fat-finger]

I am new to sharing files online and I don't know which site is best. I create 3d-graphics and I want to submit them to a friend on the west coast (graphics and support files that go along with them) for a video game the and some other people are making. I am on the east coast. The total size of all the files (and there are many) are greater then just zipping them and sending them over e-mail would be practical.

A co-worker suggested I upload them to a file-sharing site, but again I don't know which one to use?

Pleas help.

[marilee]

A bunch of us use drop.io or yousendit.com to send larger files. These sites have a 100mb limit, though.

[burkhartmj]

Megaupload has a 1GB limit for free users, and it can be bigger using "happy hour" [ask what it is if your interested]. It might require signing up, but that's free.

[computoman]

Try at your own risk.
http://www.getdropbox.com/

[versions]

I am new to sharing files online and I don't know which site is best. I create 3d-graphics and I want to submit them to a friend on the west coast (graphics and support files that go along with them) for a video game the and some other people are making. I am on the east coast. The total size of all the files (and there are many) are greater then just zipping them and sending them over e-mail would be practical.

A co-worker suggested I upload them to a file-sharing site, but again I don't know which one to use?

Pleas help.

About what are the sizes of the files? Some other services like www.box.net or www.wua.la have 1 GB free space, and more for extra cost. Also there is a new one www.kadoo.com which offers 10GB free ^_^

[frakattack]

Megaupload has a 1GB limit for free users, and it can be bigger using "happy hour" [ask what it is if your interested]. It might require signing up, but that's free.

Yeah, I use that sometimes, but if you sign up don't install their stupid Alexia toolbar, or any of their malware laced aps. Get Ad-Block Plus for Firefox (free and only takes a few seconds to install) to remove the ap download box and that'll uncover the browse button for your uploads.

[burkhartmj]

Yeah, I use that sometimes, but if you sign up don't install their stupid Alexia toolbar, or any of their malware laced aps. Get Ad-Block Plus for Firefox (free and only takes a few seconds to install) to remove the ap download box and that'll uncover the browse button for your uploads.

100% agree. I actually use a greasemonkey script that tells megaupload I have the toolbar without having to install it. made the mistake of installing it once and almost had to uninstall firefox to get rid of it.

Their download manager is OK, at least it's malware free, but you can upload straight from the website, so it isn't really all that necessary.

[ddave_73]

you could also simply download and install a good torrent client like Utorrent.

Create a torrent (very simple) and make sure you tick the private torrent tick box in the right after you select the folder or file for the torrent (files you wish to share)..

Then you should be able to simply send the .torrent file you created earlier to the person or persons you wish to send these files too, you could email them the torrent link.

they should then be able to use any popular torrent client and download the file directly from you, if you cant upload the file too him in one go you can pause and resume no problem.

All you have to do is have a torrent client running with dht enabled (highly recommend Utorrent)..

Once in the habit of using torrent`s to share large or even small files amongst friends or family it can be a really great way of getting your files to the people you wish to have them.

Perhaps not the most simple method of doing what you want but it is a great system for those who want to use it and don't mind learning a very small amount along the way ;)

[burkhartmj]

Problem with torrents is that, especially with only one uploader, they are dead slow. First, you're limited by upload speed. After that, the simple act of going through the various routes between the 2 points is likely to slow things down further.

[tokenuser]

Interesting question.

Just how much slower is a point to point torrent file?

Is it slower than FTP? Perhaps, but you get good data recovery instead of starting from scratch)
Is it slower than uploading the file to a file share service, then having someone download it from there? Maybe, but as soon as its shared it can start being downloaded ... and there is only a single file transfer not an up then down. So if its 1/2 as fast, it will still take the same amount of time. Anything faster than that and as an aggrgated elapsed time, it will be faster.

[ddave_73]

Problem with torrents is that, especially with only one uploader, they are dead slow. First, you're limited by upload speed. After that, the simple act of going through the various routes between the 2 points is likely to slow things down further.

Whatever method is used you will always be limited by your own upload speed, if for instance we wanted to send a 500mb file to one persons and one person only it would be faster using torrents because the recipient does not have to wait for the file to be completely uploaded before they can start downloading it, so as soon as the file is uploaded once (has to be uploaded once with torrents or ftp) the recipient has the file immediately after its been uploaded once, he does not have to then download the file from the ftp, so torrents would be faster than ftp under certain circumstances.