[Tilecache] tilecache and ironpython

Linda Rawson linda.rawson at gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 19:56:37 EDT 2007


Thanks for the information.  I will have to check into mod_python.  I should
be able to run two webservers on the same box although probably not
recommended.

Linda


On 10/31/07, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 07:39:16AM -0600, Linda Rawson wrote:
> > I'm not using IronPython but I am using IIS with a asp.net front end.  I
> > haven't see the performance issues because once the images are on disk
> it
> > flys.
>
> 'flies' is relative. TileCache can serve a couple hundred tiles a second
> -- under CGI on IIS, you won't even get a tenth of that due to Python
> startup times, and your machine will perform much more sluggishly when
> you do.
>
> Per-tile, the time is great -- probably 5-10 times faster than direct
> WMS access, if not more for some slow WMS servers. However, compared to
> access via mod_python or similar, the load time is crap, and doesn't
> scale when you need a service for dozens of simulataneous users.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Christopher Schmidt
> MetaCarta
>
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