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php file upload - How does yousendit.com do it?
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| Hi,
Im fascinated on how yousendit.com manage to maintain huge file uploads.
Won't the upload kills the web server ? considering many users are
concurrently uploading huge files.
another factor is how do they prevent time outs?
though it can be set to 900 secondas explictly, yousendit is able to
maintain it for hours!
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| First guess and most probable ... they break the files into smaller chunks
of data and upload them one at a time, piecing it back together on the
server. If you're seeing a progress bar for the upload that would further
support my guess.
Pressure on the server ... next to nothing. Big companies have many servers
that are balanced and connected ... although you only see one server, they
could be running any amount they require.
The ISP for a domain I bought have 50 servers and they're only a small
company.
If you're a techy and you want more details on the specifics, then you could
contact the developers of the website and ask for more information. Some
people will help, some won't. Per example, I have received information from
one of the major betting sites on how I can collate race results direct from
their site.
Sean
"User" <user@email> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Im fascinated on how yousendit.com manage to maintain huge file uploads.
> Won't the upload kills the web server ? considering many users are
> concurrently uploading huge files.
>
> another factor is how do they prevent time outs?
>
> though it can be set to 900 secondas explictly, yousendit is able to
> maintain it for hours!
>
>
> Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
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> http://www.usenet.com
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