[mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom?

Rahkonen Jukka Jukka.Rahkonen at mmmtike.fi
Wed Jan 14 00:09:18 PST 2009


> 
> Hi Jukka, actually I'm quite surprised, because based on my 
> experience, raster layer is always slower than vector layer 
> regardless of system. I attached  the gdal info result with this mail.

Do the following with your tiff image:
gdal_translate -of GTiff -co TILED=YES gabungan.tif gabungan_tiled.tif

And next:
gdaladdo -r average gabungan_tiled.tif 2 4 8 16 32 64

Add gabungan_tiled.tif as a nee layer to your mapfile and compare it with the gabungan.tif layer.

-Jukka Rahkonen-

 
 
> Nonetheless, is MapServer more CPU-dependent or 
> memory-dependent? How far large RAM can compensate for weak 
> CPU like Intel Atom?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Milo van der Linden 
> <mlinden at zeelandnet.nl> wrote:
> 
> > From: Milo van der Linden <mlinden at zeelandnet.nl>
> > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom?
> > To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 8:30 AM Oops, sorry. 
> Should have read 
> > the initial post, for demonstration purposes, using 
> datasets that are 
> > not to big sounds possible to me.
> > 
> > Dan Little wrote:
> > > 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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