ACD Backup to Site

[jont]

On a daily basis I upload by FTP the exported ACD snapshot to a secure part of the website so a copy is off site. Due to a massive file size it was often timing out the server to much annoyance.

I have just found a file splitter at http://www.dekabyte.com/filesplitter/ This splits the ACD into more manageable chunks and also creates a executable file to re-assemble the pieces back together. I have split and re-assembled the ACD and imported back into Actinic without any issues. It can obviously also be used for splitting larger images, files etc onto CD's, Floppy Disk etc

Just thought I would share this with the community as may be of use to someone.

Jont

[Duncan Rounding]

Another good one I've used over the years is Chainsaw, doesn't even need installing.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...d,16202,00.asp

Out of interest though - why does the file size cause your server connection to time out? I regularly upload files of around 50 to 60Mb without issue.

[jont]

I backup to 2 places - where the site is which is not a problem other than it eats the bandwidth - and I have "free" space with the ISP which after about 8mb tends to disconnect in about 19 out of 20 attempts and it does not support resumming - no fun - splitting the file has worked a treat though

[pinbrook]

Web space is as cheap as chips nowadays, there isn't really any need for a host to restrict space.