Per Einar Ellefsen wrote: > 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 :)
Well, you can serve big files without reading them into a memory at once. Why there would be memory leaks? > 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. The reason for not serving big files with mod_perl, is that you don't want to tie heavy and snappy mod_perl servers to wait indefinitely for the client to grab their data. If you have plenty of memory or you have just a few clients (intranet?) that's just fine. This is all discussed here: http://perl.apache.org/release/docs/1.0/guide/strategy.html#Adding_a_Proxy_Server_in_http_Accelerator_Mode __________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com
