Joe, what filesystem are you running on the downloading machine? is it
FAT32? When I read this I immediately thought FAT32 filesystem, FAT32 can't
handle 4GB+ files.
On Feb 19, 2008 10:54 AM, Joe Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mirco Piccin wrote:
> > Hi and thanks for reply.
> >
> >>> I'm trying to get a backup of a file.
> >>>
> >>> It's size is about 12 GB.
> >>> I try to download it directly from Browse Backup, but the first time
> >>> download freeze at about 3,99 GB, and the second time at about 2,76
> >>> GB.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe there's a timeout for the direct downloading?
> >>>
> >>> I'm going to try also to "restore" that file by:
> >>> 1. picking it in the Browse Backup
> >>> 2. click on "Restore Selected Files"
> >>> 3. choose the zip level compression and download the .zip file.
> >
> > Also trying to restore that file choosing to download the zip file
> > does not work.
> > Download in this way go at 1kb/s.
> >
> >> For a restore that large I'd use the command line interface, just to
> >> make sure a browser timeout won't be an issue.
> >
> > Browser timeout shouldn't be an issue (after only 3,99 GB... - i'm
> > thinking at the Ubuntu 4,4 GB DVD .iso image downloaded from web).
> >
> >> You can use BackupPC_tarCreate as your BackupPC user to create
> >> a tar archive of the files you want to restore.
> >
> > Well, the restore must be done by a Windows user.
> > The restore i'm talking about is of one single file of big size (about
> 12 GB).
> > Backup ot that file works perfectly.
> >
> > But download that file -by selecting it in Backup Browse tree or
> > creating the zip file- seems to be not possible.
> > Any help/tips?
> >
> > Regards
> > M
> Did you check the Apache error logs? Even though you can download a 4.4G
> file, there may still be some timeout problems, especially if the server
> is under a heavy load. It may be timeout settings for Apache, and not
> the browser. (Just guessing)
>
> Hanging at 3,99 makes me wonder if there is some sort of 4G file size
> limitation somewhere, but maybe this was just a coincidence.
>
> Joe Krahn
>
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