[mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom?

[Dan Little]

I agree with where Jukka is going...  Raster layers are usually pretty fast so long as they are tuned correctly.


----- Original Message ----
> From: Rahkonen Jukka <Jukka.Rahkonen at mmmtike.fi>
> To: kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:04:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You say that your raster layer is slower than vector layers, but do you feel it 
> is too slow?  Your image should be served pretty fast by Mapserver.  The key is 
> that tiff file is tiled (for zoom-in situation) and that it has overviews (for 
> zoom-out case). Could you send the gdalinfo report about your image if you 
> suffer from slowness?
> 
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
> 
> > -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
> > Lähettäjä: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> > [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Puolesta 
> > kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com
> > Lähetetty: 13. tammikuuta 2009 12:35
> > Vastaanottaja: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org; Dan Little
> > Aihe: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom?
> > 
> > Hi, thanks.
> > 
> > The vectors are quite simple. I've never experienced slow 
> > down when displayed vector data, not even on an old Toshiba 
> > M20 laptop.
> > 
> > Raster, on the other hand, is always the biggest problem. 
> > Compared to polygons, my raster is always slower to zoom, to 
> > pan, etc (despite the size is only 500 Mb). Is displaying 
> > raster more CPU-intensive or memory-intensive? If I'm using 
> > Intel Atom, will my raster be affected severely?
> > 
> > Also, can using bigger RAM (let say, 2GB or so) compensate 
> > for the lack of processing power of Intel Atom?
> > 
> > Thanks again,
> > -Kresh
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Dan Little wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Dan Little 
> > > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom?
> > > To: kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com, mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > > Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 9:18 PM I think the atom 
> > will be more 
> > > than adequate... depending on the dataset. :-)
> > > 
> > > Serving 100 points is significantly less intensive than serving 100 
> > > city-boundary polygons.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > (Oops forgot to send to the list)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > From: "kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com"
> > > 
> > > > To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:09:15 PM
> > > > Subject: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom?
> > > > 
> > > > I'll be doing a lot of MapServer demo in the
> > > future. I'm quite interested in
> > > > Intel Atom-based subnotebooks for the purpose (like
> > > Lenovo IdeaPad S10), since
> > > > they are light and mobile.
> > > > 
> > > > However, I wonder if Intel Atom is adequate to run
> > > MapServer. The MapServer will
> > > > be run on either ms4w on Windows XP, or directly on
> > > Linux. The layers are stored
> > > > on postGIS (there are fifteen layers or so), and there
> > > is also a 476 megabytes
> > > > raster file in .TIFF format.
> > > > 
> > > > Will Intel Atom be adequate for the purpose? Will 2GB
> > > of memory help? Has anyone
> > > > ever done such thing before?
> > > > 
> > > > Many thanks,
> > > > -Kresh
> > > > 
> > > > 
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