[Mapserver-dev] Re: [mapserver-users] fastcgi?

[Paul Ramsey]

Steve Lime wrote:

> In the big scheme of things reading the mapfile or loading the CGI
> is minimal compared to reading the GIS data and rendering it. So
> while there is some overhead there I can't imagine you'd save much
> time with fast-cgi...

It's funny how often you have to say that to get people to believe you :)

On the DB side, servers with terrible connection overheads (SDE, Oracle) 
could probably get some traction out of not reconnecting for each map. 
Jan's patch to get rid of the per-layer overhead takes away 90% of the 
problem though (10 layer DB map? That'll be 10x the connection overhead 
please, sir).

Paul

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