[mapserver-users] Limit of records

[Iratxe Lejarreta]

On Wednesday 20 May 2009 12:52:03 pm Rahkonen Jukka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is no limit for number of records in Mapserver.  Apache. that is used
> as http server in front of Mapserver does have timeout, which is 300
> seconds by default but can be adjusted.  Generally speaking number of
> records does not tell much about how hard that layer is to handle, if
> anything.  It depends more on the vector data format, nature of the
> features (points vs. polygons with thousands of vertices), indexing etc.  
> However, I would say that normally 63 thousand features is  not much and if
> Mapserver hits the timeout then the data are not suitable for Mapserver
> without some preprocessing.  So, please describe what kind of data you
> have.  Ogrinfo report about the layer would be a good addition.
>
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
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> 	Lähettäjä: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Puolesta Iratxe Lejarreta
> Lähetetty: 20. toukokuuta 2009 13:40
> 	Vastaanottaja: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> 	Aihe: [mapserver-users] Limit of records
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> 	Hi,
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> 	I have problems with some layers and I'm thinking that the reason is the
> number of records. For example, with a layer which has 63057 records, the
> result is the following: 500 Internal Server Error
> 	And Apache log error:
> 	Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /var/cgi-bin/mapserv
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> 	If exist a limit, which is the maximun number of records that mapserver
> can support?
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> 	And in this case, what is the solution?
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> 	Thanks in advance,
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> 	--
> 	Iratxe Lejarreta
> 	www.axios.es

Ok, changing the Apache's timeout, Mapserver is running without problem!

Thanks,

-- 
Iratxe Lejarreta
www.axios.es
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