[Zope] LocalFS and mega-uploads...

[larry_prikockis@NatureServe.org]

...from the "everything would be perfect if it weren't for those darn users"
category...

I'm running Zope 2.4.3 on Linux (RedHat 7.1 / Intel) and using the LocalFS
product to allow users to easily upload/download files from their browser.
For "normal sized" files (up to a few dozen Meg.) everything works as
expected.  However, with bigger files- in particular a 172 Meg file someone
tried to upload- the system grinds to a halt as the server memory gets
chewed up.  

I've seen a lot of discussions on this list and others regarding a previous
bug in the cgi.py code that caused an entire file being uploaded to get
stored in memory while transferring.  It *sounds* like that's been fixed in
the versions of python/zope I'm using though... However, my symptoms seem to
match what was being described re: the previous bug...

is there some patch I'm missing?  Or is there any other solution other than
asking users not to upload 172 Meg files???

thanks--
Larry

p.s. the server has 256Meg of RAM.


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Larry J. Prikockis
Internet Systems Specialist, NatureServe
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Email:larry_prikockis@NatureServe.org
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