Have you looked into an X-sendfile-mod for your web server? That will allow you to validate the request in CF, but pass the request back to the webserver to serve the file. The file does not have to be in a web accessible directory.
-Dan On Wednesday, August 1, 2012, Jeff Chastain wrote: > > I am doing some performance test on a site running on ColdFusion 8 using > FusionReactor. There is one script that consistently ends up on the top of > the long running requests list. The script is very simple - it grabs a PDF > file that already exists on the files system and streams it to the user. > > <cfif fileExists( filePath & fileName ) > > <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment; > filename=#fileName#"> > <cfcontent type="application/pdf" file="#filePath##fileName#"> > <cfelse> > <cfheader statuscode="410" statustext="Gone" /> > <p>We're sorry, but the page you have requested no longer exists > on our site.</p> > </cfif> > > The PDF files in question are pretty small ... 1 to 2 MB. In some cases > (but not all), the request logs in FusionReactor are showing this script > running for 200+ seconds. > > Does anybody have any ideas why this would be happening and is there a > better way to stream PDF files that are not web accessible (i.e. the user > has to register, then they get the file streamed to them)? I am not > looking to change the workflow - i.e. copying the file and sending a link > by email etc. I have streamed files like this before and have never seen > these kinds of performance issues. > > Thanks for any input! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352034 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
