Sending large files across the web
I have to move some large (7GB) files from my machine to another across the web.
I set up logmein Hamachi's software VPN service and can view the other machine's share at \\farmachine\share and using beyond compare, a great program to compare 2 directories and they got copied.
Trying with another file and it fails with 'the specified network name is no longer available. after minuites or hours and I have to start over.
I have been pinging the remote machine (ping farmachine -t ) and there's NO dropped packets.
Can anyone recommend a simple way to move a large file across effectively a LAN, but WAN if you want to be picky, and would pick up where it left off if the connection fails for some reason?
thanks!
I set up logmein Hamachi's software VPN service and can view the other machine's share at \\farmachine\share and using beyond compare, a great program to compare 2 directories and they got copied.
Trying with another file and it fails with 'the specified network name is no longer available. after minuites or hours and I have to start over.
I have been pinging the remote machine (ping farmachine -t ) and there's NO dropped packets.
Can anyone recommend a simple way to move a large file across effectively a LAN, but WAN if you want to be picky, and would pick up where it left off if the connection fails for some reason?
thanks!
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OK, about 24 hours. and it transferred 58% of 6.6 gb = 3.83GB over 23 1/2 hours = 2.7 MB per minute. I think the other one when it was working, was transferring about 4MB / min, but it failed, so I guess I should be happy with it working : )
Although I am jinxing this. Lets see if we can get the rest of it sent : )
Although I am jinxing this. Lets see if we can get the rest of it sent : )
what is the full command line you are using... switches anyway?
robocopy f:\from \\x.y.z.a(logmein Hamachi IP address)\sharename /r:100000 /w:3
69.3% now : )
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no entries or anything about lost connections /retries (I did have it fail after a few minutes then redid it and it's at 58% now).
I thought in beyond compare / a more basic file copy app, it took less time? Gotta see the times stamp on this vs. yesterday's 17:08 to see how many hours so far.