With a sending limit of up to 100 Gigabytes, Filesender is the service from Unidade FCCN that offers a secure solution for sharing and sending large files. Find out all about this service.
#1 Sending up to 100 Gb
Filesender is a web application that allows authenticated users to send and temporarily store large files. The service has a maximum upload capacity of 100 Gb.
#2 Up to 100 recipients
Being the ideal solution for those solutions where the file you want to send is too big to be sent by email, Filesender allows you to send to a total of 100 recipients.
#3 Available up to 60 days
Besides sending, Filesender allows authenticated users to temporarily store large files. After the upload, the file is available for 60 days. After that, the files are deleted and no backup is made.
#4 Safety guarantee
User authentication is performed from the RCTSaai service, offering the security guarantee of the RCTS network*. If your institution is not integrated in this network, you should request to be included with your local IT services.
#5 Adapted to needs
Filesender was developed taking into account the specific requirements of the academic and scientific community, being supported by other worldwide National Education and Research Networks: AARNet (Australia), HEAnet (Ireland), SURFnet (Netherlands) and UNINETT (Norway).
* RCTS - the Science, Technology and Society Network - is the national research and education network, also known internationally as NREN (National Research and Education Network). Managed and operated by the FCCN Unit of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), RCTS offers researchers, teachers and students from member institutions a high-performance digital infrastructure that supports the projects they develop at national and international level.
