Robert I tried this on a XP box with apache. IT has 640 megs of ram and a 2.0ghz p4 and my cpu usage went up to 100% so its not an issue with IIS.
Mike D -----Original Message----- From: Robert Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: HTTP Upload I haven't done enough testing yet, but I don't think this is a Witango issue, but a IIS 5 issue. It would really help if someone had a IIS 5 server using http upload that can test this, so I dont have to set that up. Robert. On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 11:16 PM, Garth Penglase wrote: > I'd be very interested as to whether this is purely a Windows/Witango > issue or if it relates to OSX and other platforms. I agree that it is > totally unacceptable that there is anything more than a few percentage > cpu usage, and this will significantly affect performance on my > servers when I upgrade to Wi5 in the next week or so, as I have a > number of apps that will require this service. > > Maybe With has a comment on this one....?? > Garth > >> Thats not the issue. The issue is having a solution for a client that >> is not savvy enough to use an ftp client. I already use webdav in >> such a way that they could connect with a webfolder from windows, or >> directly from OS X. But these are people that can only be expected >> to work with a single interface, and click a few buttons. Using HTTP >> Upload is very simple and suits that. But HTTP Upload has other >> problems, and this CPU Usage issue now knocks it completely off my >> list. >> >> Robert. >> >> On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 05:10 AM, Michael Dittbrenner wrote: >> >>> Robert >>> >>> Why not just put up a ftp server instead of using http. Ftp protocol >>> is >>> a lot faster than http for uploading and puts less strain on the >>> server. >>> Windows 2000 comes with a ftpd built in and if your client doesn't >>> have >>> a ftp client they can download a trial from like www.globalscape.com >>> for >>> cuteftp. >>> >>> Michael Dittbrenner >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Robert Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 6:59 AM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Witango-Talk: HTTP Upload >>> >>> I normally don't use http upload for many reasons, but I had to do a >>> quick and dirty solution for a client. They must be able to upload >>> MP3 >>> files to our servers. The files range from 10-20 megs. Before I put >>> this into production, I wanted to test the load it would put on my >>> servers. My app uses witango to accept the file argument, and write >>> it >>> to a file where I want it. I am running Witango 054 and IIS 5 on >>> windows 2000. During the upload, the server pegs 100% CPU usage, >>> dllhost.exe and inetinfo.exe being the culprits. Witango only spikes >>> when the upload is done to write the file. >>> >>> Since I have only used http upload with very small files in the >>> past, I >>> have never noticed this. This is totally unacceptable. If I upload >>> the >>> same file to the same IIS Server using IIS WebDav, it doesn't break a >>> sweat, 1-2% CPU Usage. I can't recall every testing this with other >>> web >>> servers, does anyone else have any info with apache or Webstar? >>> >>> It looks like I will have to write a custom desktop app for this >>> client's admin, which I did not want to do. If anyone knows of any >>> IIS >>> 5 tweaks that may help, I would appreciate it. My systems are >>> completely patched once a week. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Robert Garcia >>> President - BigHead Technology >>> CTO - eventpix.com >>> 2781 N Carlmont Pl >>> Simi Valley, Ca 93065 >>> ph: 805.522.8577 - cell: 805.501.1390 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ - http://theradmac.com/ >>> >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> __ _ >>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> __ _ >>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body >>> >> >> -- >> >> Robert Garcia >> President - BigHead Technology >> CTO - eventpix.com >> 2781 N Carlmont Pl >> Simi Valley, Ca 93065 >> ph: 805.522.8577 - cell: 805.501.1390 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ - http://theradmac.com/ >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> __ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > > -- > _______________________________________________________________________ > _ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > -- Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology CTO - eventpix.com 2781 N Carlmont Pl Simi Valley, Ca 93065 ph: 805.522.8577 - cell: 805.501.1390 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ - http://theradmac.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
