How to send large files directly from one server to another server?

Question

My internet is very slow at the moment and I need to send some important large files from an old server to a new one for testing. I already use FTP, but since my internet is slow, I can't use it for the large files, it cancels the connection.

Is there any program to send things directly to another server or any online program that I can use that doesn't involve my computer? Please let it be free :)

Answer 1

There are FTP programs that can log into two FTP servers allowing you to move files between them. You need a FXP FTP program, one is FTPRush - http://www.wftpserver.com



If you use WinSCP - http://winscp.net/eng/index.php - you can use its command line to FXP - http://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_fxp



Both programs are free.

Answer 2

Yeah so you want to tell one server to send the files to the other server, bypassing your computer. Aka you don't want the files to go from the one server, then to your computer, then to the other server. But rather to go directly from one server to the other. The only way that's going to happen is if you either have physical access to the server the files are on, or... you can at least control the server the files are on, which would require you to be able to control or run software on the server. If ALL you have is ftp access to the server the files are on, then your best bet is to simply access that server with a different computer other than your slow computer. Like use a friend's computer, or something, so you'll have faster internet. If you CAN run software on the server computer, then that's another way, though it might end up being much more complicated than simply using a friend's computer or something.

Answer 3

Putting the file on a DVD and mailing it.



If the internet connection is slow, any means you use over the internet is going to be slow. (If you're running Windows, you can map a share on the distant computer as a network drive, and just drag the file to that mapped drive, but it'll probably also time out.)

Answer 4

It depends on where the servers are located. If neither are located where you are, then they will be on a different internet connection than you. You could then simply transfer the files from one server to the other directly using FTP for example, but it depends a bit on the server operating system and the permissions which you have for example. If you have root access you could launch a FTP session from the shell for example.