It should never be a case that a need can upload a 2GB or greater file via the http protocol.
I would get them to upload it via FTP - and even then it's is big. "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Server <[email protected]> Sent: Mon Nov 21 21:59:13 2005 Subject: Re: max file upload Uploading files are also temporarily stored to the C drive on windows. Make sure you have enough memory on the C drive. If you are in a LAN or VLAN you could consider using mapped drives as well. The latest version of CF also has upload throttle and file size limits available. I don't remember how it's done but if you applied the latest patch, you should check to see if your settings have been set to a default somehow. I don't know much about this feature but I'm sure it's in the documentation. ColdFusion really isn't the best answer for uploading large files like that or for delivering them via cfcontent. The problem is that all the time that it takes to upload or download the file one server thread is being used by the person uploading or downloading. If you have the default setting of 5 simultaneous connections and five people want to upload or download a 2G file, no one else can even reach the website. Part of the problem with 2GB files is that they tend to be security risks as well as the obvious problems that they cause during upload/download. In my experience, when people want to upload a 2G file to a website it's so they can share access databases or excel spreadsheets (with pivot tables) full of customer information. On 11/21/05, Mik Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've brought this up on other threads, but maybe it's more germain to > a server thread. > > I'm hitting a wall at about 300 MB on file uploads and I have clients > who want to upload 2 GB and more (posibly as high as 10 GB). I know > some people are going to think FTP as a first option but I'd like to > integrate the solution into the website. > > What do I need to look at to bump up the limit for HTTP transfers? > > I'm running Win2003server, IIS, CF7 on a quad processor with 6GB of > RAM. Even if the uploads are spooled in memory I should be good to go. > > Thanks for any advice. > > Michael > > > > > -------- > Michael Muller > Admin, MontagueMA.net Website > Montague, MA 01351 > cell (413) 320-5336 > fax (518) 713-1569 > skype: michaelBmuller > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.MontagueMA.net > > Eschew Obfuscation > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5685 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
