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vasasda
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

How to speed up downloading speed?

Hello! I'd like to download a considerable amount of data from my Dropbox account and the max speed I can get 1500 kB/s. Seems like it's been limited somehow. I have Dropbox Plus. What I've tried...
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Mark
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5 years ago

It will speed up naturally as you give it time. Thats because as it starts off it does all the folder structure creation and small files first - this has huge overheads due to the fact it has checks everthing. 

 

However, once it gets to larger files it does them in 4mb chunks and does not have the overheads of individual hash checks - just once the file is done.

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vasasda
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Unfortunately it didn't speed up after 1.5 days.

The folder structure already created

Mostly I'm downloading pictures with less than 4 mb size, so the 4 mb chunks can be a problem in this case. Can this value overriden somehow?

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    Mark
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    5 years ago

    No, sadly as that is how the files are stored in the cloud so its an infastructre restriction not a device one. 

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      vasasda
      Explorer | Level 3
      5 years ago

      So storing big amount of pictures in Dropbox is not really wise idea. In this case I should cancel my subscription? I can't afford to wait days to get my files every time I need them.

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