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I'm looking for effective strategies to handle large file uploads (between 10 and 40 mbs) effectively with Ruby on Rails.

Ideally I'd like to implement a progress meter and some sort of notification when the transfer is complete.

I have looked at modporter (www.modporter.com), but I'm interested to know if there are other libraries, techniques or best practices.

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There are a bunch of solutions out there. You can look up this one from the rails way:


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I mentioned in my original question that I have already looked at modporter (the recommendation in the article). I'm actually looking for other solutions. –  rswolff Aug 17 '09 at 16:57

This article seems to cover your problem.

It really depends on your webserver...

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