Devin Ben-Hur wrote:
>
> Bruce Lo wrote:
> >
> > I tried out Apache::GzipChain for dynamic mod_perl pages (using Apache::Registry),
>and it was great for reducing the download time (especially over modem). I am
>seriously thinking about using it for our production environment. However, some
>people are concerned about it using up too much resource. Has anyone looked into
>scalability issues? Would I see significant reduced throughput using GzipChain?
>
> We've been gzipping for a while at eMerchandise.com (though not using
> gzip chain). We addressed this issue by making the gzip pass decide
> whether to just pass it through or to do the compression based on
> current CPU load on the server. So when you've got extra cycles you
> shrink the file to improve bandwidth utilization, if you're running near
> peak processor utilization you send the bytes raw.
Devin,
I have read debates in the past about which browsers will reliably
accept gzip content. Do you have a list of such browsers? IIRC, it was
IE that was the most troublesome w/ proper display.
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