Download speed slows

[Wagsy]

Wondering why the download speed slows after some time using the plugin while a direct link to the file on the server flies?

[admin]

If your file is large and your server doesn’t have enough RAM memory to support it then the file download can get slower as the plugin will have to wait for memory to clear as it is serving the download. More details on this here:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/selling-large-files-with-wp-estore-796

[Wagsy]

Right, will have a tinker.

I see there is even method 8 – Modx sendfile in my settings, will try that.

Thanks

[Wagsy]

Modx sendfile does not work, page just freezes?

Any hints as to why it may do that.

The other settings work though.

[wzp]

Becasue sendfile support is not installed or enabled on your server…

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/perf-tuning.html

Unlike Method 7, using cURL which only shows up if cURL is installed, we haven’t figured out a way to tell if sendfile support is installed. You simply have to try it to see if it works.

If speed is a real concern, consider use of the native Amazon S3 integration feature…

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/amazon-web-services-simple-storage-service-aws-s3-integration-1101

[Wagsy]

Right thanks for that, getting about 300kbps on my ADSL 1 here now on setting 6.

Method 7 works too.

Will see if they can install sendfile for me.

If not may try out S3 if download becomes a problem.

Cheers

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