We are running a website that provides classic literature in several different formats (by chapter, pdf, postscript, etc), and we are moving over to cocoon for better flexibility. The server handles several hundred thousand hits a day, so performance is an issue.
As it is, it can take cocoon awhile to process large requests (eg. pdf format of a several megabyte book). It would be nice to send the user some kind of "Please Wait" message, and then send them the file when it is ready. One idea that would work for html files would be to send the user an html file that refreshes itself every 3 seconds. If the requesed file does not exist, send the message. There is one major problem with this that I see: If multiple people request the same un-cached file, does Cocoon spawn multiple processes to build the same file? If so, then the wait-3-seconds-and-refresh idea could add a pretty nasty load. Any other ideas? Or is this just a dumb idea to begin with? : ) (I have no idea how to do this with non-html files). David --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
