Until now, very large files (with a size of 1.5 GB, for example) could generally not be downloaded from encrypted data rooms in the DRACOON Web App—until now, such large encrypted files had to be downloaded with DRACOON for Windows/Mac in case of need. The reason for this previous restriction was that the entire file had to be held in memory during the download process to be encrypted and saved on the device at the end. Depending on the browser and the size of the download, it could happen that the browser process had no more free RAM and then stopped responding, which prevented the download from being completed successfully.

In version 6.3, the DRACOON Web App now uses a different method under the Chrome and Edge browsers, which is currently only available under these browsers: Here, the hard disk is used as a buffer, which means that the file to be downloaded no longer has to be kept completely in memory during the download. This new method now allows that even files several GB in size can be downloaded from encrypted data rooms without any problems, while also freeing up RAM at the same time.

Unfortunately, the ability to use the hard drive as a download cache when downloading (encrypted) file segments is not yet supported by Firefox and Safari, so this download option is currently only available under Chrome and Edge.

Downloads from non-encrypted data rooms and uploads to encrypted data rooms are not affected by this issue.