Speeding up CGIHTTPServer

[Johan Kohler]

Hi,
I'm using CGIHTTPServer (via its test() method) to test some CGI on my
Windoze 98 box. I find that the execution is very slow. Is there
anything I can do to make sure I'm getting the best performance out of
CGIHTTPServer?

Thanks in advance,
Johan

 

[Tim Roberts]

I'm using CGIHTTPServer (via its test() method) to test some CGI on my
Windoze 98 box. I find that the execution is very slow. Is there
anything I can do to make sure I'm getting the best performance out of
CGIHTTPServer?

Compared to what, and on what hardware?

CGI is not a rip-roaring performance demon on any platform, but
CGIHTTPServer is designed to be convenient more than fast. It isn't going
to do as well as a native server.

The key question you need ask is this: is it fast enough? If you're doing
a web page for internal use that is only going to get a hundred hits a day,
who cares if each page takes 5 seconds to render? If you're doing 10,000
hits a day, you need to choose something other than Windows 98.

There are some other options. Microsoft has Personal Web Server for Win98,
although I think it's awfully hard to configure. thttpd and xitami are
good lightweight web servers.

Apache works quite well in Windows, but I don't think it is very happy on
Windows 98.

 

[Steve Holden]

Compared to what, and on what hardware?

CGI is not a rip-roaring performance demon on any platform, but
CGIHTTPServer is designed to be convenient more than fast. It isn't going
to do as well as a native server.

The key question you need ask is this: is it fast enough? If you're doing
a web page for internal use that is only going to get a hundred hits a day,
who cares if each page takes 5 seconds to render? If you're doing 10,000
hits a day, you need to choose something other than Windows 98.

There are some other options. Microsoft has Personal Web Server for Win98,
although I think it's awfully hard to configure. thttpd and xitami are
good lightweight web servers.

Apache works quite well in Windows, but I don't think it is very happy on
Windows 98.

It's OK if you update the TCP/IP stack, but Xitami is a much easier
lightweight install.

regards
Steve