Re: Re: Multiple servers and Webcat
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20055
interpreted = N
texte = According to BIAP Profiler, used during a beta run of our site under WebStar, around 90-99% of our PowerMac G3/300 computer power was taken up by WebCatalog processing. Hardly any was taken up by the server sending graphics files. Perhaps this is unusual, or perhaps I do not understand what the Profiler was profiling.But it makes sense to me that a single database task could take up more substantially power than serving dozens of images.As a result, offloading the graphics does not seem to me that it could be an effective solution for everyone. Perhaps it could work for those with undemanding WebCatalog templates and lots of heavy traffic otherwise, or perhaps I do not understand the Profiler.>Try moving your images off the WebCat server, then you'll be optimizing >that server for page-serving. And since it won't have to deal with >graphics at all, it will fly ... :)
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According to BIAP Profiler, used during a beta run of our site under WebStar, around 90-99% of our PowerMac G3/300 computer power was taken up by WebCatalog processing. Hardly any was taken up by the server sending graphics files. Perhaps this is unusual, or perhaps I do not understand what the Profiler was profiling.But it makes sense to me that a single database task could take up more substantially power than serving dozens of images.As a result, offloading the graphics does not seem to me that it could be an effective solution for everyone. Perhaps it could work for those with undemanding WebCatalog templates and lots of heavy traffic otherwise, or perhaps I do not understand the Profiler.>Try moving your images off the WebCat server, then you'll be optimizing >that server for page-serving. And since it won't have to deal with >graphics at all, it will fly ... :)
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