{"id":2942,"date":"2025-09-24T10:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:22:18","slug":"q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files","status":"publish","type":"helpie_faq","link":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><b>A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stream the upload instead of reading the full file into memory. Use streaming (e.g. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">createReadStream<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) and use multipart upload in S3 for large files to upload chunks. On the backend, use libraries (e.g. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">aws-sdk<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@aws-sdk\/client-s3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) that support multipart upload. Also limit file size and concurrency, validate chunk sizes, and pipe data rather than buffering full payloads.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A: Stream the upload instead of reading the full file into memory. Use streaming (e.g. createReadStream) and use multipart upload in S3 for large files to upload chunks. On the backend, use libraries (e.g. aws-sdk \/ @aws-sdk\/client-s3) that support multipart upload. Also limit file size and concurrency, validate chunk sizes, and pipe data rather than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"helpie_faq_category":[469],"helpie_faq_group":[517],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files? - The Workfall Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files? - The Workfall Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0A: Stream the upload instead of reading the full file into memory. Use streaming (e.g. createReadStream) and use multipart upload in S3 for large files to upload chunks. On the backend, use libraries (e.g. aws-sdk \/ @aws-sdk\/client-s3) that support multipart upload. Also limit file size and concurrency, validate chunk sizes, and pipe data rather than [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Workfall Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/workfall\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@workfall\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Workfall - Hire #Kickass Coders On Demand\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/workfall\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/workfall\/\",\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/workfall\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/workfall\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cropped-WF_logo.png?fit=400%2C400\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cropped-WF_logo.png?fit=400%2C400\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Workfall - Hire #Kickass Coders On Demand\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Workfall Blog\",\"description\":\"#Tech #Remote #Jobs\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/\",\"name\":\"Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files? - The Workfall Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-24T10:22:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-24T10:22:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FAQs\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files?\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files? - The Workfall Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files? - The Workfall Blog","og_description":"\u00a0A: Stream the upload instead of reading the full file into memory. Use streaming (e.g. createReadStream) and use multipart upload in S3 for large files to upload chunks. On the backend, use libraries (e.g. aws-sdk \/ @aws-sdk\/client-s3) that support multipart upload. Also limit file size and concurrency, validate chunk sizes, and pipe data rather than [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/","og_site_name":"The Workfall Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/workfall","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@workfall","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#organization","name":"Workfall - Hire #Kickass Coders On Demand","url":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/workfall\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/workfall\/","https:\/\/facebook.com\/workfall","https:\/\/twitter.com\/workfall"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cropped-WF_logo.png?fit=400%2C400","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cropped-WF_logo.png?fit=400%2C400","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"Workfall - Hire #Kickass Coders On Demand"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/","name":"The Workfall Blog","description":"#Tech #Remote #Jobs","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/","name":"Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files? - The Workfall Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-24T10:22:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-24T10:22:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ec2-18-141-20-153.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-do-we-avoid-memory-overload-when-uploading-huge-files\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/18.141.20.153\/learning\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FAQs","item":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Q. How do we avoid memory overload when uploading huge files?"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq\/2942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/helpie_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq\/2942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helpie_faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq_category?post=2942"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_faq_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq_group?post=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}