Regarding the question I asked on downloading large static files a while ago, I got a reply now:
hi, i got the same issue today, environment: windows xp, tomcat 7 with nio connector; it works after i try to add useSendfile="false" in server.xml Connector section; you could have a try I answered this person: Thanks, it looks like it works :) Do you also use compression=true? I am not sure what is faster, nio or http? The first time nio is used, it is very slow, but then it is faster than regular http. But if the client calls the nio once, it will be very slow. I also saw that useSendfiles is better in performance since it will reduce cpu cycles: sendFile" mode, Tomcat tells the O/S to transfer the contents of the file directly to the socket (bypassing reading it in to Tomcat memory). So, isn't it a decrease in performance to set it to false? Thanks for the answer. Thanks, Michal Singer
