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Why? This happens all the time, people download DVD images over HTTP.
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Re^3: CGI::Application file uploads buffering
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 25, 2011 at 09:41 UTC
    Why? This happens all the time, people download DVD images over HTTP.

    We're talking about uploading, and since Content-Transfer-Encoding could be Base64, the number of bytes could be double.

      Content-Transfer-Encoding could be Base64, the number of bytes could be double.

      <beancounting>Base64 adds only 33% overhead</beancounting>

      But yes, uploading gigabytes via HTTP is probably not the best idea.

      Alexander

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      Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)
        If it helps, it'll be rare, the exception that the files are this big. Normal files will be ~60-120MB, and it's a real fast network.