Re: What's max_object_size for?

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Liang Yang wrote:

> I don't understand the use of parameter max_object_size.
> does max_object_size mean the max file cache size 
> in linux?No matter what's value  I set for TUX, TUX always
> works properly.

TUX will not serve a file if it's larger than max_object_size.

the value 0 is a special value, it means infinite. That's the
default as well - so default TUX serves any file size.

> BTW, someone says the basic unit for max_object_size
> is KB instead of MB. So if I set 100 to max_object_size,
> TUX will refuse all those files whose size is larger than
> 100KB. Is this correct?

the unit is bytes, and yes, TUX (well, the HTTP module) will
not serve files bigger than this size.

> My final questions are whether max_object_size is 
> for file size of http request or for cache size of Linux
> file system? 

total file size of the Linux file system.

> If second case, is it for total size of cached pages or for 
> individual cached page size?

it's related to the physical (on-disk) size of the file, not
the caching status.

	Ingo