mherger;295334 Wrote: > > SC on the other hand is different and much simpler so the > compatibility > > tradeoff (e.g. compression vs. browsers) could be shifted to the > user > > and his own installation. > > We did some quick tests yesterday. While gzip compression reduced the > size > of our large JS/CSS collections by 75% and 85% respectively, the JS > download from a ReadyNAS took about 3-4x longer due to added lag for > compression (time for FF to download the file, measured with > Firebug/YSlow). Sure, once it's downloaded, it can be cached on the > client > side, reducing that amount. But there's little advantage for the > standard > use case (local network). I'll rather concentrate on reducing the > number > of requests done to the server (currently ~100 for the start page!) by > > combining stylesheets, scripts and some of the artwork files > (sprites). > > Michael
I almost suspected those NAS-Boxes cannot be compared to dedicated webservers. If compression would be always on i fully agree with your conclusion. Reducing the amount of requests is certainly a good idea with benefits to both types of server as long as you're still able to manage those combined files. pippin;295366 Wrote: > Also, some browsers cache the uncompressed data so there would not be a > size advantage then and the penalty will hurt. i do see the advantage of compression having better transfer times through the wire/air not from the local disk. From my experience reading/writing from local disks without any processing (encryption, compression, ...) is almost always the fastest. As long as you don't have to save disk space - makes less sense for just a few MB - it should be okay. kind regards, Markus P.S. Michael: congratulations to your 10000th post :-) -- schiegl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ schiegl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6654 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46423 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
