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Originally Posted by AndrewD

There seem to me to be two things you should look out for, cpu usage on your server and the possibility of disconnections during transfers.

I just tried an experiment with a 700mb file, held on my PC and 'downloaded' via LDM back onto this PC. It used about 6 seconds cpu time. So you should be ok from that angle.

Concerning dropped connections, the problem is that someone who uses a regular browser interface may get only part of the file. If they are using a download manager, then that should recover. LDM works with download managers, and is able to deliver parts of the download on request (to be technical, it can cope with single range HTTP 206 partial transfer requests).

THank you, hmm perhaps with the circa 3000 visitors a day its not such a good idea.