is there a faster way to download large sequencing data from NCBI?

Question

[jaqx008]

Hello everyone,

I'm searching for a faster way to download data that occur in GigaBytes and takes a very long time to be downloaded from the NCBI website. Is there a command line option to split memory and make the process faster?

Thanks

[ATpoint]

Please give some details on what you want to download.

Answer 1

[Philipp Bayer]

I've made very good experiences with ascp instead of regular FTP

The NCBI book will tell you where to download it and how to set it up: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK158899/