diff --git a/docs/content/yandex.md b/docs/content/yandex.md index cdc5f4ae6..d56c172b6 100644 --- a/docs/content/yandex.md +++ b/docs/content/yandex.md @@ -127,6 +127,19 @@ does not take any path arguments. To view your current quota you can use the `rclone about remote:` command which will display your usage limit (quota) and the current usage. +### Limitations ### + +When uploading very large files (bigger than about 5GB) you will need +to increase the `--timeout` parameter. This is because Yandex pauses +(perhaps to calculate the MD5SUM for the entire file) before returning +confirmation that the file has been uploaded. The default handling of +timeouts in rclone is to assume a 5 minute pause is an error and close +the connection - you'll see `net/http: timeout awaiting response +headers` errors in the logs if this is happening. Setting the timeout +to twice the max size of file in GB should be enough, so if you want +to upload a 30GB file set a timeout of `2 * 30 = 60m`, that is +`--timeout 60m`. + ### Standard Options