WCF service timing out when all timeout parameters set to maximum - wcf

Question

I have a WCF service that has a very time consuming method that uploads large data files to "azure table storage".
I set my timeouts at runtime on the client side as follows:-
binding = new BasicHttpBinding();
binding.CloseTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2147483647.0);
binding.OpenTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2147483647.0);
binding.ReceiveTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2147483647.0);
binding.SendTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2147483647.0);
and my web.config has the timeouts set as follows:-
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" sendTimeout="22:30:00" receiveTimeout="22:30:00" openTimeout="22:30:00" closeTimeout="22:30:00" maxBufferSize="2147483647">
<readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxDepth="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647" />
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
I'm running my code in VS 2012 and the problem i am seeing is that the file upload method crashes after 60 minutes with an unhandled CommunicationException: The remote server returned an error: NotFound. If i press F5, the upload continues and completes. The crash appears in the Reference.cs file at this point:-
public void EndFileUploadMethod(System.IAsyncResult result) {
object[] _args = new object[0];
base.EndInvoke("FileUploadMethod", _args, result);

Answer 1

I use similar azure blob to store my contents. my code doesn't have any timout setting. try this and let me know.
public static CloudBlobContainer Container
{
get
{
CloudStorageAccount.SetConfigurationSettingPublisher((configName, configSetter) =>
{
// Provide the configSetter with the initial value
configSetter(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(configName));
RoleEnvironment.Changed += (sender, arg) =>
{
if (arg.Changes.OfType<RoleEnvironmentConfigurationSettingChange>().Any((change) =>
(change.ConfigurationSettingName == configName)))
{
// The corresponding configuration setting has changed, so propagate the value
if (!configSetter(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(configName)))
{
// In this case, the change to the storage account credentials in the
// service configuration is significant enough that the role needs to be
// recycled in order to use the latest settings (for example, the
// endpoint may have changed)
RoleEnvironment.RequestRecycle();
}
}
};
});
CloudStorageAccount acc = CloudStorageAccount.FromConfigurationSetting("RecordingsStorageAccount");
CloudBlobClient bc = acc.CreateCloudBlobClient();
CloudBlobContainer c = bc.GetContainerReference(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue("RecordingsContainer"));
return c;
}
}

Answer 2

For file uploads, there are a few other configurations that need to be in place. First, how large are the files you are trying to upload? If they are > 50MB or so, you might have to chunk them into smaller pieces and send the pieces over.
Before that, try adding the settings below to your config. Don't worry about the <authentication> and <compilation> tags. It is the <httpRuntime> and <requestLimits> tags that are of interest.
My maxAllowedContentLength attribute value is arbitrary below so you can set it to whatever you want. I believe it is measured in bytes.
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
<authentication mode="Windows" />
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="2147483647" />
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<security>
<requestFiltering>
<requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="2000000000" />
</requestFiltering>
</security>
</system.webServer>