On one of my server, i have 50 Mbps unmetered connection, but maximum bandwidth the server was able to push was 30 Mbps average. After some search i found this is due to i use “linux-sendfile” as server.network-backend. This is good for serving small files like image hosting server.
For larger file, you need to set

server.network-backend [...]

Tags: file hosting, lighttpd, writev

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I have upgraded lighttpd 1.4 to latest 1.5 version.

lighttpd-1.5.0 – a light and fast webserver
Build-Date: Apr 6 2008 17:06:07

After the upgrade, server load is 50% less now.

[root@server24 lighttpd]# uptime
17:31:16 up 3 days, 15:49, 1 user, load average: 0.23, 0.32, 0.58
[root@server24 lighttpd]#

Server load was high most of the time. I have not [...]

Tags: lighttpd

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I have write about bandwidth usage of new server 2 days back. Today, bandwidth usage reached 50 Mbps average. But the problem is server load is at 1 all the time.

I hope the server will be able to handle file serving of at least 100 Mbps. That too seems low considering the server reached 50 [...]

Tags: lighttpd, secure download, unmetered servers

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After two days of getting new server for free file hosting site, the bandwidth usage average reached at 24 Mbps average.

This server have Core2Duo with 4 GB RAM, lighttpd web server with mod_secdownload. Server load is $0.4 now.

Tags: lighttpd, unmetered server

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