Handling very large files on Windows servers

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If you are trying to move very large FileMaker files from a Windows server, anything over 2 or 3 GBs, using replace or install, we recommend that you run a build ahead of time and use the Build URL method to do deployment.

Deployments using migrate are not affected by this limitation.

The problem

Transferring large files off of a Windows FileMaker servers with OttoFMS is currently very slow. The problem is that Windows IIS servers throttle large file transfers very aggressibly. We are looking for ways to remove this limit.

This only effects deployments that are using install or replace as the file operation. The migrate file operation is not affected by this limitation as clone file sizes are too small to see this issue.

Macs and Linux servers are not affected

Mac and Linux servers are not affected by these limitations.

The solution

You can build ahead of time using the build process and a manual transfer to a webserver or other location. Then use the Build URL method to do deployment.

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