It would also be possible to break down the files with WinSCP and transfer them with FileZilla.
Get WinSCP: http://winscp.net/eng/index.php - "WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, FTP client, WebDAV client and SCP client for Windows."
Add a Custom Command:
Code: rar a -r -m0 -v20m "!.rar" "!"
'Remote Command', 'Apply to Directories'... Add the Custom Commands toolbar.
This command will use Rar (install it on your server) to spit the file(s)/directory into 20mb numbered rar files using no compression, therefore very quickly. If you multi-select files, they'll each have their own multi-part rar file, nice.
We will still use Filezilla for transferring the files, using Simultaneous Transfers 😉 as it's by far the nicest/best working FTP client out there (even despite this missing, much needed functionality).
So now the every-day steps are:
Start WinSCP
Log in to the server
Browse to the file(s)
Select them
Click on the custom command's toolbar button ... it then gets to work processing (seconds or a minute perhaps)...
Start Filesilla
Log in to the server
8 ) Browse to the file(s) and the multi-part rars
Select the rars
Download them to the local machine ... watching the simultaneous transfers chomping thru the data!
Unrar the local rar files when completed
Delete the rar files from the remote server using WinSCP as it does it quicker.
Finished.