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<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>We're developing a
product that utilizes GIS data for a spatial selection source and are
considering implementing the GIS solution utilizing
MapGuide.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>On a common day,
there would be 140+ users continuously loading map data, creating
a point, line or polygon, and saving the data and exiting the
application.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>From my local
testing, it appears that MapGuide is a CPU intensive program and I'm wondering
if it would support this type of environment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some sites
would require access to the map data source via an ArcSDE FDO. In my
testing with the ArcSDE FDO in MapGuide Studio , I've observed some real
speed of loading data issues along with several tiles not being displayed when
using the Ajax viewer in a .net application with Windows 2003
server</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>environment. Other sites would be
using shapefiles as their map data source. Again, the same issue was observed
with some of the tiles not being displayed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>With only one person
(Me) utilizing the Ajax viewer a simple request or pan operation on the map
tends to spike the cpu usage to the ceiling on my test server. I'm not sure if
it would support the number of users we would require in a production
environment. I've tested using both the .fcgi and MapAgent.exe as the web
service extension configuration. As some of the other threads mention, I did see
an increase of reliability with the mgserver.exe service not dropping when
deployed with MapAgent.exe defined as the web service extension vice the
.fcgi</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do any of you have
any recommendations on hardware required to support this type of environment
using MapGuide? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>My test server has
Twin 3.0 GHz Pentium processors with 4 gig of RAM with VMWare virtualization
software running multiple OS's to create a development testing
environment. I know that this is not an optimal testing environment to get
a good idea of performance.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Each OS has 512 meg
of RAM reserved for it's use. The MapGuide server is the only OS that has a CPU
intensive application running.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104590916-16052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Dave</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>