Cloud Files - Uploading Large Files
For large files support, Cloud Files allows you to upload multiple file segments and a manifest file to map the segments together.
Following are a few limitations:
- Files larger than 5 GB must first be segmented into smaller files.
- We recommend that you do not create file segments smaller than 100-200 MB.
- Files larger than 10GB cannot be served from the CDN.
There are two options for uploading large files.
Automatically segment and upload
The Swift Tool will segment your large file for you, create a manifest file, and upload them accordingly. After the file has been uploaded this tool manages your file segments for you, deleting and updating segments as needed. Following is a sample output:
$ st -A https://auth.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0 -U glh -K 3a25c2dc74f24c3122407a26566093c8 upload -S 1048576 test_container largefile.iso largefile.iso segment 1 largefile.iso segment 6 largefile.iso segment 9 largefile.iso segment 4 largefile.iso segment 5 largefile.iso segment 3 largefile.iso segment 7 largefile.iso segment 8 largefile.iso segment 2 largefile.iso segment 0 largefile.iso
Use the API with your application
You can use the Cloud Files API to incorporate large file support directly into your application. Following is a simple cURL example of how you can use the API:
# First, upload the segments curl -X PUT -H 'X-Auth-Token: <token>' \ http://<storage_url>/container/myobject/1 --data-binary '1' curl -X PUT -H 'X-Auth-Token: <token>' \ http://<storage_url>/container/myobject/2 --data-binary '2' curl -X PUT -H 'X-Auth-Token: <token>' \ http://<storage_url>/container/myobject/3 --data-binary '3' # Next, create the manifest file curl -X PUT -H 'X-Auth-Token: <token>' \ -H 'X-Object-Manifest: container/myobject/' \ http://<storage_url>/container/myobject --data-binary '' # Then you can download the segments as a single object curl -H 'X-Auth-Token: <token>' \ http://<storage_url>/container/myobject
For more information, see the Creating large objects section in the Cloud Files Developer Guide.
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