Solved How do I install a personal FTP server

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Hello

I have been asked to install a personal FTP server to receive a big file
How can I do that?

Any help appreciated
 

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Hi,

How big is the file? there are many services out there that allow the transferring of large files for free.

If you can advise how big the file is we can possibly find a service that allows files of that size... other option would be to zip the file up into separate parts (i.e. if the file was really big, lets say 10GB, the original file could be zipped up into 5 x 2GB parts and transfer through https://www.wetransfer.com/)

It is possible to create an FTP server (Free too) but seems a lot of work for one file, you would need a PC/Server to install the FTP Server on and you would also need to set up Dynamic DNS access to it.

Regards,
Jamie
 

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Hi,

How big is the file? there are many services out there that allow the transferring of large files for free.

If you can advise how big the file is we can possibly find a service that allows files of that size... other option would be to zip the file up into separate parts (i.e. if the file was really big, lets say 10GB, the original file could be zipped up into 5 x 2GB parts and transfer through https://www.wetransfer.com/)

It is possible to create an FTP server (Free too) but seems a lot of work for one file, you would need a PC/Server to install the FTP Server on and you would also need to set up Dynamic DNS access to it.

Regards,
Jamie

Hello JDobbsys and thank you for your suggestion

I realized that that task is to big for my knowledge. I did try to install a free FTP server and end up with a lot of junk.

I will look to see if using a cloud drive could do the job
 

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Home made
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windows 7 Pro x64
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Intel I5 3450
Motherboard
Gefabye B75M-D3H
Memory
8 GB DDR3 dual chanel
Graphics Card(s)
Asus Radeon 4870 Nevedi Gforce GTX 500Ti
Sound Card
None
Monitor(s) Displays
4 L206W, Synckmaster, Acer X203W, X223W
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1680 X 1050
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SSD 120G from Intel

640 GB
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Cooler Master 600W
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Regular fan
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