File Corruption

From: Randy Grafton (rgrafton_at_indatacorp.com)
Date: 01/30/04

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    I originally posted this question to the Apache list and was strongly
    encouraged to try here.

    I have a FreeBSD 4.8 server running Apache 2.0.48a (installed from the
    ports). This server is dedicated to hosting files for download through http
    and ftp. 99.99% of the downloads occur through http. Our situation is we
    have a Win2K server with our primary website on IIS. There are ASP generated
    pages that provide links to the files on the FreeBSD/Apache server. The IIS
    links are done with a Response.Redirect "http://freebsdServer/dir/file.exe".
    I don't know ASP so I'm a little clueless to the difference of this code
    compared to a standard html anchor with its href value set to this path/url.
    The files on this server vary in size up to 150MB. The files are self
    extracting/install demos of some of our products. The problem is that every
    so often the large files become corrupted. We'll end up getting a call from
    a customer stating that after a couple of download attempts the installer
    file crashes. We'll go and grab the file ourselves through ftp/sftp and sure
    enough the file is no longer functional and we'll have to replace it with
    another copy.

    I googled and searched the lists but have only found tips regarding speeding
    up http downloads, (reverting to the current Apache 1.3.x version).

    Should I be using a database to store the file with it delivered through PHP
    scripts? Are there OS or Apache settings that I should have made to
    accommodate this purpose? (The config files are pretty plain vanilla).

    Thank you for any suggestion,
     -Randy

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