Re: Large HTTP downloads

> I have just got our squiddly-diddly up and running and have a problem
> that I can't see how to fix. Everything's fine except for large file
> downloads (>1M or so) using http. They gradually get slower, then time
> out after between 500k and 2M. Going around the caching, proxy squid
> server and straight to the firewall, the files come in fine so it's
> definitely something to do with the squid proxy.
>
You're not running out of RAM while you download these large objects? I
find as soon as you start using swap space, performance drops through the
floor and you get large objects timing out before you've downloaded it
all.

tom@interact.net.au
Received on Sun Jan 11 1998 - 19:13:13 MST