Thought about FTP?
At 03:58 PM 1/14/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I have a question about file uploads in ColdFusion. I built a Content
>Management System for a college that allows the entire staff to go to a
>secure administration area and update various sections of the website that
>they're authorized to edit. This includes the ability to add files
(movies,
>documents, graphics, etc.) to a unique folder that is created when their
>user account is setup.
>
>Anyway, I'm using a standard form to get the files from their computer, and
>I'm processing it with CFFILE. The question is, what if someone tries to
>upload an 80MB file for example, could this cause their thread in
ColdFusion
>to timeout, or cause the web server to choke, etc. I'm worried that
>allowing hundreds of users to upload anything they want, could create some
>major problems (10 users uploading 10MB files at the same time for
example).
>
>Has anyone had any problems with this? I think it could mostly be solved
by
>not allowing certain file uploads that are beyond a certain size (like
2MB).
>And on the chance they need to upload something bigger, they'll just have
to
>physically give it to an administrator to place on the server. I just
don't
>know how to stop them from uploading a file too large (java applet?).
Having
>users ftp files would almost defeat the purpose of having such a slick CMS.
>
>Also, the website will be getting heavy traffic as well (website is for a
>college), and all this on a single Win2k machine (PIII 700 with 500MB ram)
>with SQLServer2k, and CF5.
>
>Any help would be most appreciated!
>
>Cody
>
>
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