Jetty with Large File Support
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Jetty_ is a great Java servlet container and web server.  It's fully embeddable and at OnionNetworks we've used it in many of our products.  It, however, has the same `2GiB file size limit`_ that a lot of software does.  This limit comes from using a 32 bit wide value to store file size yeilding a 4GiB (unsigned) or 2GiB (signed) maximum, and represents a real design gaff on the part of the developers.

Here at OnionNetworks we needed that limit eliminated so last year I twiddled the fields and modified the accessors wherever necessary.  After `initially offering a fix`_ and `eventually posting the fix`_ it looks like Greg is `getting ready to include it`_ thanks in part `to external pressure`_.  Now if only Sun would fix `the root of the problem`_.







.. _Jetty: http://jetty.mortbay.org/jetty/index.html

.. _2GiB file size limit: http://justin.chapweske.com/archives/000016.html

.. _initially offering a fix: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.jetty.general/4495

.. _eventually posting the fix: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.jetty.general/4740

.. _getting ready to include it: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.jetty.general/5371

.. _to external pressure: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.jetty.general/5365

.. _the root of the problem: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4187336



.. date: 1106719200
.. tags: java,ideas-built,software