How to upload files to Google Drive faster
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Google Drive is almost a perfect solution for online file storage, if you ignore a few minor problems. Slow upload speed with not being able to see the upload progress and transfer rate is one of them. Most of the times (99 %) Google services will not be the bottleneck, but it sometimes happen that you don't get good upload speed even though other websites are working just fine. In this post will we show you a command line application and a few tips to get better upload speed.
It should be kept in mind that the maximum download/upload speed is bounded by the type of connection your ISP provides. This tool will only be helpful if you are getting upload speed lower than what you typically get on other websites. So it is advised to check your average upload speed before trying anything out.
It should be kept in mind that the maximum download/upload speed is bounded by the type of connection your ISP provides. This tool will only be helpful if you are getting upload speed lower than what you typically get on other websites. So it is advised to check your average upload speed before trying anything out.
Some obvious tips for better upload speed :
- Drive gives better uploading speed for one bigger file as compared to multiple small files, this is mainly because of opening and closing multiple file connections and other technical stuff. So it is better to compress your files into a Zip file before uploading. Also as a added benefit it reduces your file size.
- Check your app's inbuilt preferences, if you are using a desktop application for drive. Sometimes they have limiters On which limits the upload and download speed.
The Solution :
Rclone is a command line program to sync file and directories to and from cloud storage. It has a lot of features and supports over 40+ cloud storage platforms and is available for both Windows and Linux. Rclone is mainly a command line program but recently it has released a experimental GUI which works by opening a tab on your browser. It takes at max 5-10 minutes to setup Rclone and they have a nice documentation about all the supported features and platforms.
Installation and setup :
- Download Rclone from here. For Windows users they have a standalone offline installer. Linux/macOS/BSD users can do a script instal
l.
curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
snap install rclone --classic
- Now you will need to configure Rclone first. The easiest way to make the configuration is to run rclone with the config
option:
rclone config