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kagali-san
Asked: 2012-12-17 05:17:05 +0800 CST

IIS7 - how to configure server to serve large (GBs) files?

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I wanted to download some backups (about 4..5Gb in size) via HTTP and was surprised that IIS7 didn't allowed me to do so. The attempt was seemingly blocked - got a 404 page.

Where should I go in the IIS Management console to allow such downloads?

iis-7

1 Answers

  1. Configure the maxRequestEntityAllowed property in the asp limits sections of the web configuration:

    http://www.iis.net/configreference/system.webserver/asp/limits

    If you have the Request Filtering feature installed and enabled, you should also set the "Maximum allows content length" value in IIS Manager -> Features -> Request Filtering -> Edit Feature settings

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