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by **James Asht** » Mon, 02 Jul 2001 03:47:22

We colocate and host dedicated servers. I need to find a module for
apache 1.3.x that will limit the overall bandwidth for that server. I
need to cut the available bandwidth of a site to 128Kbps.
The modules that I have found (i.e. mod_throttle, mod_bandwidth,
etc.) seam to limit the bandwidth a particular user has access to. I
have tried using this and then limiting the number of requests
accepted. While this does limit the bandwidth it also drops requests.
Am I using these modules incorectly or is there another way to limit
the bandwidth available to the server? I would be fine with limiting
the bandwidth of the box entirely. The only thing running on it is
apache, but it needs to get cut down somehow.

Thanks

by **Marc Slem** » Mon, 02 Jul 2001 03:59:33

>We colocate and host dedicated servers. I need to find a module for
>apache 1.3.x that will limit the overall bandwidth for that server. I
>need to cut the available bandwidth of a site to 128Kbps.
> The modules that I have found (i.e. mod_throttle, mod_bandwidth,
>etc.) seam to limit the bandwidth a particular user has access to. I
>have tried using this and then limiting the number of requests
>accepted. While this does limit the bandwidth it also drops requests.
>Am I using these modules incorectly or is there another way to limit
>the bandwidth available to the server? I would be fine with limiting
>the bandwidth of the box entirely. The only thing running on it is
>apache, but it needs to get cut down somehow.

For various reasons, I would suggest it may be easier to accomplish
what you want using OS support for traffic shaping. I have never found
an bandwidth limiting module that I liked too much.

For an intro:

http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/08/24/LinuxAdmin.html

then searching the web for "linux traffic shaping" should give you lots
of info.

by **James Asht** » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 03:26:10

We host on OpenBSD. Ill take a look into it though.
Thanks

Quote:> For an intro:

> http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/08/24/LinuxAdmin.html

> then searching the web for "linux traffic shaping" should give you lots
> of info.

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limiting total server bandwidth.

limiting total server bandwidth.

limiting total server bandwidth.

limiting total server bandwidth.