polite file request queuing

*** Davide Bianchi wrote/escribió (28 Sep 2004 14:55:24 GMT):
 > On 2004-09-28, klops <klops.DeleteThis@poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
  >> set up request queuing in a civilized way. Users that are not able to be
  >> served should be redirected to appropriate page
 >
 > To receive a 'redirect' response they have to be served, otherwise
 > how can they receive a response? If your server is overloaded is time
 > to look for a bigger machine.

I suppose he wants to implement a queue system for large downloads, like
the one used in fileplanet.com


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 >> Stay informed about: polite file request queuing 

 > I suppose he wants to implement a queue system for large downloads, like
 > the one used in fileplanet.com

You've recognized my goal excelently.
Some people on Polish linux usenet group told me to deal with it using a
script that should be written e.g. in PHP.
I haven't considered earlier such a solution. What do you thing about it?

Regards,
Rafal<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: polite file request queuing 

  > > I suppose he wants to implement a queue system for large downloads, like
  > > the one used in fileplanet.com
 >
 > You've recognized my goal excelently.
 > Some people on Polish linux usenet group told me to deal with it using a
 > script that should be written e.g. in PHP.
 > I haven't considered earlier such a solution. What do you thing about it?

depends on why your users get timeouts. if it's 'cause your pipe is
full due to many big downloads, it might help to have a script check
before starting the download wether there's any free bandwidth. if
your server is overloaded due to too many requests per second having a
relatively expensive php script will certainly be contraproductive.

joachim<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: polite file request queuing 

*** klops wrote/escribió (Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:30:09 +0200):
 > Some people on Polish linux usenet group told me to deal with it using a
 > script that should be written e.g. in PHP.
 > I haven't considered earlier such a solution. What do you thing about it?

I can't think of another method. You need to keep track of requests and
queue positions (probably in a database) and offer an auto-refresh page
with queue info and, eventually, a download link. That's scripting.


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 >> Stay informed about: polite file request queuing 

klops wrote:

  >> I suppose he wants to implement a queue system for large downloads, like
  >> the one used in fileplanet.com
 >
 > You've recognized my goal excelently.
 > Some people on Polish linux usenet group told me to deal with it using a
 > script that should be written e.g. in PHP.
 > I haven't considered earlier such a solution. What do you thing about it?
 >
 > Regards,
 > Rafal

You need multiple file servers if you have that many clients. A round robin
front end will direct the user to a file server transparently.

You can do similar with & multiple A records in the DNS.

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 >> Stay informed about: polite file request queuing