uploading very large files (5gb to 15gb)

Question

I'm trying to figure out different ways to achieve very large file uploads/downloads. I'm new to node.js and it looks like it may be the answer to my question but before dive in I need to be sure this way I can manage files uploads (5 to 15 Gb) without any memory issues or similar. I can consider using php / ruby or .net as technology (I don't know much about node.js but if it works I'll study enough to solve my problems).

What's your opinion / experience ?

thanks

Answer 1

The trick is to break the file into chunks, and deal with the chunks.

I've seen someone do this using mongodb gridFS (http://fuz.io)

take a look at http://www.componentix.com/blog/13/file-uploads-using-nodejs-once-again as it may give you some ideas.