A multi-processor savvy WebCatalog?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11417
interpreted = N
texte = Hi Grant,I found this at WebSTAR-Talk, and it made me think about WebCatalog in terms of potential increases in speed in the future. I know you're not ready to do this now, but I saw it so I thought I'd report it here because it almost seems like Wesley is talking about WebCatalog specifically.Have you been talking with him lately? :)>>I have a request, for WebStar to support multiple processors. Im told >>this is not a difficult thing to incorporate in to the software. > >We've gone over this before; if WebSTAR used multiple processors it >wouldn't be any faster. To make a Web server effectively make use of all >processors, you need a fully SMP OS like BeOS, Rhapsody, UNIX, NT, etc. > >Now if some of the plug-ins that use large in-memory databases supported >multiprocessing they might be faster... (But how much faster than 1 tick >can you get?) > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Wesley Felter | What type shall I use? | >| | The gods refuse to answer. | >| wesf@mail.utexas.edu | They refuse because they do not know. | >| http://adhoc.com.inter.net/ | --W. A. Dwiggins | >-------------------------------------------------------------------------Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.com http://usarea.net/home.html
Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:
Hi Grant,I found this at WebSTAR-Talk, and it made me think about WebCatalog in terms of potential increases in speed in the future. I know you're not ready to do this now, but I saw it so I thought I'd report it here because it almost seems like Wesley is talking about WebCatalog specifically.Have you been talking with him lately? :)>>I have a request, for WebStar to support multiple processors. Im told >>this is not a difficult thing to incorporate in to the software. > >We've gone over this before; if WebSTAR used multiple processors it >wouldn't be any faster. To make a Web server effectively make use of all >processors, you need a fully SMP OS like BeOS, Rhapsody, UNIX, NT, etc. > >Now if some of the plug-ins that use large in-memory databases supported >multiprocessing they might be faster... (But how much faster than 1 tick >can you get?) > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Wesley Felter | What type shall I use? | >| | The gods refuse to answer. | >| wesf@mail.utexas.edu | They refuse because they do not know. | >| http://adhoc.com.inter.net/ | --W. A. Dwiggins | >-------------------------------------------------------------------------Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.com http://usarea.net/home.html
Kenneth Grome
DOWNLOAD WEBDNA NOW!
Top Articles:
Talk List
The WebDNA community talk-list is the best place to get some help: several hundred extremely proficient programmers with an excellent knowledge of WebDNA and an excellent spirit will deliver all the tips and tricks you can imagine...
Related Readings:
WebCat2b13MacPlugIn - [showif][search][/showif] (1997)
Webdna keeps dying... (2003)
Need relative path explanation (1997)
Customer login feature (2004)
[OT] SSL security in browser (2005)
Trouble with carts (2000)
NT considerations (1997)
Referrer field to header field conversion (1997)
Help name our technology! (1997)
Protecting webdelivery (1997)
search engine friendly URLS (Mac) and Lycos! (1998)
Forms Search Questions (1997)
Fwd: Problems with Webcatalog Plug-in (1997)
[include file=filename.inc&strip=t] (2002)
WebCat2 beta 11 - new prefs ... (1997)
Country & Ship-to address & other fields ? (1997)
Anyone using WebCat UNIX on a busy server yet? (1999)
MacAuthorize order data fields WAS:How To question... (1997)
Auto entering Friday's date in a field (2002)
carriage returns in data (1997)