Dynamic chunk size for uploads

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balloon web user interface

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Dynamic chunk size for uploads #269

Open pixtron opened 4 years ago

pixtron commented 4 years ago

Describe the change

Dynamic chunk size

Current situation

Chunks have a static size.

Should

Set a max. chunk size.
measure time for each chunk
set chunk size for next chunk based on the time the previous chunk needed
chunk size should always be a multiply of 512b
if request times out (Http Status: 504), upload failing chunk with a decreased chunk size
server has a timeout of 5 minutes

raffis commented 4 years ago

Starting with balloon v2.7 the chunksize must always be a multiplication of 64bytes.

raffis commented 4 years ago

Or just do not chunk at all, using the new /api/v3/sessions coming in balloon v3 you may just stream the entire file upwards and/or pause upload and resume it. No need to split it into chunks.