# Nginx Terminates at 71.6 kilobytes **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [April 26, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-terminates-at-71-6-kilobytes/187578 "2010-04-26T07:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shahan_K)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-terminates-at-71-6-kilobytes/187578/1 "2010-04-26T07:38:22Z")
Hi, I am using the latest development version of nginx (0.8.36) on Debian Lenny x86. For some reason, my nginx installation is not allowing files larger than 71.6 kilobytes to transfer. A larger file simply just transfers the first 71.6 kilobytes and then terminates. Any suggestions on what I can do would be helpful. Thank you, Shahan ---
**Author:** ![Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shahan_K)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-terminates-at-71-6-kilobytes/187578/2 "2010-04-26T08:30:27Z")
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 10:08:40PM -0700, Shahan K. wrote: > I am using the latest development version of nginx (0.8.36) on > Debian Lenny x86. > > For some reason, my nginx installation is not allowing > files larger than 71.6 kilobytes to transfer. A larger file simply just > transfers the first 71.6 kilobytes and then terminates. > > Any suggestions > on what I can do would be helpful. Is anything in error\_log ? – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)** ---
**Author:** ![Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shahan_K)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-terminates-at-71-6-kilobytes/187578/3 "2010-04-27T03:37:54Z")
The error wasn’t nginx’s fault. I the temporary cache directory ran out of space. Thanks, Shahan On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:08:40 -0700, Shahan Khan wrote: Hi, I am using the latest development version of nginx (0.8.36) on Debian Lenny x86. For some reason, my nginx installation is not allowing files larger than 71.6 kilobytes to transfer. A larger file simply just transfers the first 71.6 kilobytes and then terminates. Any suggestions on what I can do would be helpful. Thank you, Shahan ---
**Author:** ![Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shahan_K)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-terminates-at-71-6-kilobytes/187578/4 "2010-04-27T09:12:05Z")
The same thing happened to me ~1 year ago, but I didn’t reported it. When you run out of space, nginx only serves the first proxy\_buffer\_size kb from the response. This was the source of corruption of part of my images during a backup done through nginx. IMO in this case nginx should answer with a 50x . On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:36 AM, Shahan K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Shahan > > * * * > > nginx mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [mailman.nginx.org archive](http://nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx) – Joaquin Cuenca Abela ---
**Author:** ![Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shahan_K)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-terminates-at-71-6-kilobytes/187578/5 "2010-04-27T18:48:48Z")
Maybe a nginx feature that should be added is when the temporary cache directory runs out of space, nginx disable the proxy cache buffer and also disables gzip encoding. Shahan On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:11:42 +0200, Joaquin Cuenca Abela [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > space. > > Lenny > > x86. > > > > For some reason, my nginx installation is not allowing files larger > > than > > 71.6 kilobytes to transfer. A larger file simply just transfers the > > first ---
**Author:** ![Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shahan_K)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-terminates-at-71-6-kilobytes/187578/6 "2010-04-27T09:12:05Z")
The same thing happened to me ~1 year ago, but I didn’t reported it. When you run out of space, nginx only serves the first proxy\_buffer\_size kb from the response. This was the source of corruption of part of my images during a backup done through nginx. IMO in this case nginx shou On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:36 AM, Shahan K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Shahan > > * * * > > nginx mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [mailman.nginx.org archive](http://nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx) – Joaquin Cuenca Abela ---
**Author:** ![Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shahan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shahan_K)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-terminates-at-71-6-kilobytes/187578/7 "2010-04-29T18:43:23Z")
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Shahan K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Maybe a nginx feature that should be added is when the temporary cache > directory runs out of space, nginx disable the proxy cache buffer and also > disables gzip encoding. I personally disagree, it’s quite normal (if not expected!) for software to stop working upon disk fill-up, and trying to recover smartly from this (and then maybe a few million other issues) would make it more complex, less mantainable and slower. +1 for returning a 500 instead, and logging the error as critical if it doesn’t already. Bye