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C# Uploading files to file server

Hello All, Currently I have an application that receives an uploaded file from my web application. I now need to transfer that file to a file server which happens to be located on the same network (however this might not always be the case). I was attempting to use the webclient class in C# .NET. string filePath = "C:\\test\\564....

Windows XP maxed out as a file server?

I am running Windows XP as a file server to 8 machines running real time applications. Three of the machines, also running XP, will open upwards of one thousand files each (and keep them open). Each of these machines are connected to the file server via the 'net use' command, all accessing the same shared folder. When these machines r...

What would you use to implement a fast and lightweight file server?

I need to have as part of a desktop application a file server which should respond as fast as possible to file transfer requests (from remote clients, usually located on the same LAN). There will be many file requests for small sized files. The server should be able to provide both upload and download services. I am not tight to any par...

Efficiently creating tar files

Note: I'm using Windows file servers and .NET If I were to create a TAR file from files on a remote file server (meaning, the TAR file would be created on the remote file server, where the original files are), would the bytes need to come to my machine and then go back to the file server (since my machine is running the code that's gene...

Reliable data serving

How can i make sure my file serving is reliable and scalable? How many parallel request it can handle? I am thinking beyond the hardware capability and band width. i am following http://stackoverflow.com/questions/55709/streaming-large-files-in-a-java-servlet ...

Global disk resource becomes unavailable

Hi all, If I've got a global disk resource (mount point on an isilon file server) that multiple servers use to access a lock file. What is a good way to handle the situation if that global disk becomes unavailable and the servers can't access the global lock file? Thanks, Doug ...

Database on file server (Windows)

I am working for a company and I need to create a program really fast. My program will run with 100 users and they will make approximately 100 transactions each per day. As I am under time pressure, and various other constraints it is not possible to set up a proper database running on a server. I am therefore looking for alternatives th...

Renaming a file on a remote file server in C# / Python

I need to rename a whole heap of files on a Windows file server - I don't mind what language I use really as long it's quick and easy! I know it's basic but just to clarify - in pseudo-code... server = login (fileserver, creds) foreach (file in server.navigateToDir(dir)) rename(file) I know how to do this in Python/C# if I was a...

Considerations where to store documents - on file server or in DB?

I have a design decision to make regarding documents uploaded to my web site: I can either store them on my file server somewhere, or I can store them as a blob in my database (MSSQL 2005). If it makes any difference to the design decision, these documents are confidential and must have a certain degree of protection. The consideration...

Need an image server to query FITS (astronomy) or general image files

I would like a system that is able to query FITS files. If it doesn't work specifically with FITS files that is ok. I can write extra code. Basically FITS files are image files that are used in astronomy. I need to be able to query an existing set of files, as well as index the metadata in the files, search the index of metadata, uploa...

how to access directory from file server in java?

HI... Currently I m working in a application in which application allows to access directory (which contains some files) from file server to Application (client). I tried following code.. URL url=("http://192.168.5.555/file-server/user/images/"); URI uri=url.toURI(); File list[]; list= new File(uri).listFiles(); But its thrown jav...

Starting a file server (possibly NFSD) in snow leopard without requiring root?

I want my OS X app to share files via the loopback device. I want to do this so that my app can make a directory of frequently changing, read only files available to the user without messing with the users home directory. The files will be severed from the Application Support directory but the user will not have to concern themselves wit...

Multiple file servers for one website's content.

I'm planning to use multiple file servers to host my website uploaded files. what's the best way to do it ? should I install a web server on other machines as well? or is there any special software for routing files on the network? what would you pros do? Thanks, Taher. ...

web application: store txt file on windows server share from linux web server

I have a java class that I use to create a text file from a web application. I'm using the following code: private void CreatePaymentFile(String QueryCriteria) { BigDecimal TotalPay; DecimalFormat df2 = new DecimalFormat("00000"); String RecordString = null; try{ String fileName = "\\\\fileandprint\\Apps\\Jury\\SHARE\\Payment_" + short...

Serving files from linux share on IIS 6.0

dHi, I'm trying to setup my IIS server (6.0) to serve files from a linux share. As I'm pretty unfamiliar with linux I ask the community for any input on this. I've had problems even having IIS server serve content from another windows machine share, this could be a prolem with our domain. The iis server is not on the domain. As I wa...

User files directory structure

We are working on a web application where every user will have 20-30 projects. A project can be an image project with about 200-300 images, or a video project with only one video, or a flash project (swf) with only one flash. Images will be resized and stored in 5 different formats (different resolutions). At the very beginning all stat...

How to serve files and html directly from a WCF-service similar to an ASHX-handler?

Im writing an install and update-server for an intranet-application and I want the user to be able to install the app directly from a url such as: http://domain.local/myapp/install.exe where this request is handled by my service. I also would like to be able to serve some basic HTML on for instance http://domain.local/myapp/status.html ...