[Zope] problems with zope handling large download files

[Dieter Maurer]

Albert Ting writes:
 > I'm currently using zope 2.3.3, apache 1.3.20, and fastcgi.
 > However, I'm trying to support large http transfers,
 > protected via a acl_user (passwords, expiration, etc.).  Each
 > download/transfer could be 20-50mb.  I've tried using LocalFS as well as
 > streaming out the data using RESPONSE.write().
 > 
 > However, it appears FCGIServer buffers the *entire* file before
 > sending it out to the apache mod_fastcgi.  This won't work for me, as
 > it's a huge memory hog, plus there's a noticeable delay before the
 > buffer is flushed out to apache.
There are alternatives to FastCGI, e.g. "mod_proxy".

Please search Zope.org (or the mailing list archives) for lots of
detailes.


Dieter