Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paul H. Hargrove" <> | Subject | Re: InfoWorld web server shootout | Date | Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:16:51 -0700 (PDT) |
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Alan Cox writes: [snip] > In terms of a pure speed web server for static data (where mmap is a big win) > the right way[TM] is probably to preindex all the files you can serve and > to mmap the lot into memory at setup time with a one page gap between them > that contains precomputed HTML headers for each page. [snip] > I suspect you can > probably serve a web page in about 20 syscalls, less if the headers arrive > in one chunk from the client. > > Now that would be THE web server of choice for porn sites 8) > > Alan
Certainly any decent porn site has more "content" than will mmap into the 4GB memory space of an x86. I guess it's time to drop the Intel platforms and use Alphas for serious porn sites. ;-)
Seriously though, the idea sounds great for servers with small enough content. -- Paul H. Hargrove All material not otherwise attributed hargrove@sccm.stanford.edu is the opinion of the author or a typo.
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