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Any Solutions for uploading files to cloud storage(e.g Google drive) and such, for people in countries with very slow upload speeds? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 day ago by cactus_head@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have a collection of ebooks(8 GB atm) that i want to backup to google drive. It usually takes me 2-3 hrs to upload a 2 GB zip file(containing only the most important documents and files).

Tried to upload my ebooks, left it for 12 hrs and it still hasn't uploaded. Thought maybe its because i am using Rclone shared client ID(heavily rate limited ), so i set up my own client ID and tried again and its been 3 hrs and still hasn't upload

I am realizing now that its probably has nothing to do with rclone but rather my internet speed, specifically my upload speed(download 15-30 mps & upload 5-8 mps).

So i am wondering if anyone has solutions for people in countries with abysmal internet speeds.

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

            
              uploading from a phone if it stays on all the time
uploading one at a time
uploading in smaller batches
uploading from an internet café, a library or some other place if it has internet faster than yours
hire a VPS, use some transfer method with a more generous timeout tolerance to transfer the files uncompressed to the VPS, and from there leave the ebooks uploading with your preferred method
hire a faster service if possible

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

uploading one at a time, uploading in smaller batches

Yup, that's where I'd start. Creating a tar and splitting it into parts. Just as an example. Not sure if that guide is good or not. It was just the first thing that popped up in the search engine.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago

Had forgotten about split archives. 7z also helps, e.g. if one wants to split into 500 MB files recursively, the person can use in Linux 7z a -r -v500m /some/path/some_name.7z /path/with/all/files/, and in Windows iirc right click in the folder > 7-Zip > Add to archive... > configure as the user needs.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

Mail a physical copy to someone with a faster connection and ask them to upload for you