At 23:54 20.05.2002, Allen Day wrote: >I've noticed that if I restart apache while I'm in the middle of a >download (MP3 stream), after the buffer in my MP3 player runs out, it >skips to the next track -- presumably because the connection was closed. > >This might cause a problem for you if your users are downloading big >files. They might have to restart from the beginning if they didn't cache >the partial download somewhere.
Hmm, if you are serving big files off of mod_perl, memory leaks are the least of your problems :) That doesn't apply to Apache::MP3 of course, for which it's normal, but in no case should your mod_perl server be serving your big files. >On Mon, 20 May 2002, Matt Sergeant wrote: > > > On Monday 20 May 2002 9:30 pm, Gregory Matthews wrote: > > > I too thought of setting a cron job to restart the server once per day in > > > order to keep the memory "fresh". > > > > > > In a production environment, are there any downsides to doing this, i.e., > > > server inaccessibility, etc..? > > > > It's very rare to have a site that can't cope with just a few seconds > > downtime. Most users won't even notice, save for some slight delay in > getting > > their request through. Users tend to be pretty used to trying again in this > > world of "reliable" computing. -- Per Einar Ellefsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
