Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:36:57 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Patsy <freebsd@ethernull.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limiting apache's upload speed? Message-ID: <4801FE69.3080908@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <4801E33E.1030805@ethernull.org> References: <4801E33E.1030805@ethernull.org>
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Patsy wrote: > Hello list, > > I am running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (GENERIC), I am running Apache > 2.2.6_2 and hosting a small website with a few relatively small > (500kB-900kB) photographs. I am doing so from a home ADSL connection > in the UK and so I am estimating my upload capacity at 500kb/s. > > When I have apache enabled and serving the web page it seems to > disrupt my other network programs - on my main computer (running > Debian etch) Wengophone stutters and my browser slows down noticeably. > When apache is disabled these problems disappear. > > I do not wish to take my website down and so I was hoping somebody > would be able to tell me if it is possible to throttle apache's upload > speed. It seems that this would provide a good solution - people will > need to wait a little longer to see my page, but a change of waiting 3 > seconds to waiting 6 seconds isn't terrible. > > My router does not appear to have the option to throttle individual > hosts/ports. Any advice on the matter would be appreciated. > > Patsy > I run something similar here in Greece, but have not noticed any performance problems just yet. You are probably getting a lot of hits! What you need is an apache module designed specifically for speed / bandwidth throttling: www/mod_cband You may also wish to have a look at these instructions (linux specific, but easy to adjust for FreeBSD): http://howtoforge.com/mod_cband_apache2_bandwidth_quota_throttling BTW, what is your ADSL speed? You mention upload capacity of 500kb/s, and I suppose you mean kbits/sec, *not* kbytes/sec. Assuming it is kbits, you may well be consuming all your upload bandwidth if for some reason you get more than a few simultaneous connections...
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