If you upload a file and share the link on Reddit/Hacker News, and 10,000 people download it, Mega will lock your link due to bandwidth exhaustion. This is not an unlimited CDN; it's personal cloud storage.
| Service | Time (100 Mbps upload) | Encryption | |---------|------------------------|-------------| | MEGA (Pro) | ~14 minutes | End-to-end (client-side) | | Google Drive | ~18 minutes | Transport only (server-side) | | Dropbox | ~17 minutes | Transport only | | MEGA (Free) | 2+ hours (quota paused) | End-to-end | mega nz upload full
During a full 100GB upload, the Mega app can consume 600MB-1GB of RAM and 10-15% CPU due to constant encryption/decryption. On an older laptop, this is noticeable. If you upload a file and share the
Situation: An employee needs to transfer a full database backup (12 GB) from a Linux server to their home computer.
Solution: Install MEGAcmd on the server. Run mega-put to upload the DB directly. From home, log into MEGA web and download the full file. Inspect Trash and Versions: