[OSGeo-Discuss] WMS Performance Shootout at FOSS4G 2009

[Frank Warmerdam]

Bob Basques wrote:
> All,
> 
> Is there a list of the tests administered? 

Bob,

There will be.

>  I would be interested in 
> the rendering speed of differently sized images and where the sweet spot 
> is for a particular engine in size vs rendering speed. 

I do not believe we are analysing large vs. small images.  We have
produced a randomly generated request sequence with a mix of sizes
intended to represent a common workload.

 >  I did find the
> description of source data.  Also any thing related to reprojection of 
> rasters on the fly?

No, not this year.

> Are the Live Benchmarks links going to be the same for the duration of 
> the competition?

I'm not sure what links you mean, but the wiki page will continue to exist
and be updated.  I would note we are trying to keep the final results
quiet so there will be a little drama at the presentation.

Best regards,
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