Sounds good Pete will do!! I've enabled compresion and will try to install
5.3 later this week.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: [sambar] server speed for visitors {05}
> Jack my opinion stands, try to get the most out of what you have and if
> these features help use them.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Steffen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:52:58 +0100
> Subject: [sambar] server speed for visitors {04}
>
> > Agree, running sambarserver.info on P2 333 and 128 Mb.
> > Caching/compression
> > off in Sambar
> >
> > Only I hope hat Santa Claus is given me a faster network connection.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Danny Mallory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 3:46 PM
> > Subject: [sambar] server speed for visitors {03}
> >
> >
> > > With his connection speed and simply serving up basic pages / images
> > (no
> > databases) I can't see any reasons to go to much trouble.. I have a
> > Pentium
> > 133 with 16MB that could keep up with 128kbps all day long, cached or
> > not
> > cached. Unless your just not wanting your drive to spin and have a lot
> > of
> > time / money to waste I don't see much benefit to tweaking out a slow
> > upload
> > server..
> > >
> > > Now, if you have a fast connection (ie; T1 or >) I would keep an eye
> > out
> > on disk IO and CPU util and see if the machine is keeping up with your
> > pipe.. Scripting and Database work will obviously increase these. If
> > your
> > not keeping up with the request then you might consider adjusting cache
> > levels, cranking up memory and shutting down some of that disk IO.
> > >
> > > As for validating what version of Sambar you are running to ensure
> > the
> > server doesn't have delays feeding images, I am all for that.
> > >
> > > Danny
> > >
> > > On 28/Nov/2002 05:28:41, Peter wrote:
> > > > Jack
> > > > There are a number of thing's you can do to speed up Sambar but
> > first
> > you
> > > > should have a real good idea of the limits of your system (how much
> > RAM
> > > > NIC's etc. The cache is a good thing to use but it should be
> > limited to
> > > > only a portion of your overall memory. On a system I have here
> > there is
> > 2
> > > > gigs of RAM and I give Sambar 512 MB on another with 512 MB I give
> > Sambar
> > > > 50 MB. It's also important to decide on what you're going to cache
> > > > setting the max file size to the rough size of your thumbnails will
> > > > improve the delivery. htacess is also very handy for specifying the
> > type
> > > > of file you want to cache and how long to cache them.
> > > >
> > > > Also try compressing your content that can really help (config.ini
> > > > Compress Content = true)
> > > >
> > > > Tod has also introduced a little more control of the threads used
> > and by
> > > > increasing the idle threads it will speed up image loads. I never
> > had
> > the
> > > > broken image problem that Steffen referred to but the idle threads
> > seems
> > > > to have fixed that.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think there's too much you can do to tweak XP home that
> > might be
> > > > a drawback but I used a cable modem like that a couple years ago
> > and you
> > > > should still be able to serve pages quickly if they are well
> > designed
> > and
> > > > lean.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck.
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:47:01 -0500
> > > > Subject: [sambar] server speed for visitors {01}
> > > >
> > > > > I've been running the basic Sambar 5.1 for an amature website.
> > With a
> > > > > lot of pictures. (OS is Win XP home)
> > > > >
> > > > > What would help make the sever faster for visitors? I limited the
> > > > > number of connections to 30 and set the cache to 1000000 I only
> > have a
> > > > > cable modem with 128 upload but is pretty steady.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am a beginner at this and love Sambar for what I do. The gui's
> > on
> > > > > your admin page help out!!! I use to run appache but found
> > Sambar way
> > > > > better fo me!!! I read a lot of posts on your board but wouldn't
> > know
> > > > > how to make major config changes. but it's good reading :)
> > > > > thanks
> > > > > Jack
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