If you're serving large binary files (such as video files), it's important to ensure that you fairly distribute your available bandwidth among your users. At the same time, you must ensure that this distribution doesn't impact performance nor inconvenience users by setting restrictions that are too high.
Bandwidth management with NGINX
Getting ready
The modules required are built into the NGINX core, so no upgrades or external modules are required. In this recipe, we'll serve static files, but they can be easily incorporated into your existing site.
