Re: Plugin vs. CGI

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21298
interpreted = N
texte = >I have heard some concerns that the Webcatalog WebStar plug-in hogs the >CPU whilst it's doing a search and locks out any other programs running >on the server.Version 3.0 introduces a smarter multithreading scheme which gives up CPU time much more often in the plugin, and less often (but under preference control) in the ACGI. MacOS does not have the high-speed preemptive multithreading that Windows NT does, but we have done quite a bit of hand-tuning to try to get the best balance out of it that we can.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Plugin vs. CGI (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  2. Re: Plugin vs. CGI (Larry Hewitt 1998)
  3. Re: Plugin vs. CGI (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  4. Plugin vs. CGI (Richard Wylie 1998)
>I have heard some concerns that the Webcatalog WebStar plug-in hogs the >CPU whilst it's doing a search and locks out any other programs running >on the server.Version 3.0 introduces a smarter multithreading scheme which gives up CPU time much more often in the plugin, and less often (but under preference control) in the ACGI. MacOS does not have the high-speed preemptive multithreading that Windows NT does, but we have done quite a bit of hand-tuning to try to get the best balance out of it that we can.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ PCS Technical Support

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