Hmmm. One argument I read supporting separate servers is that it would save the main server a few socket connections. But this appears to be too little of a gain. The approach of using a CDN, I think, is much more sensible.
Thanks once again, Tim! Regards, Ankush Thakur On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Tim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > The concerns about needing a separate server are likely overblown. In > particular, Whitenoise is a popular solution for static file serving using > Python. See its FAQ: > http://whitenoise.evans.io/en/stable/#isn-t-serving-static-files-from-python-horribly-inefficient > > On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 9:59:26 PM UTC-4, Ankush Thakur wrote: >> >> Thanks but I'm afraid I wasn't able to grasp the point of that article. >> Could you break it down for me, please? >> >> ~~Ankush >> >> On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 10:07:43 PM UTC+5:30, ludovic coues wrote: >>> >>> It's not that the framework will come to an halt. It's that a server >>> serving static file directly would be an order of magnitude faster. >>> >>> https://unix4lyfe.org/time/hn.html is a nice article on how server >>> react to heavy load when serving static file. >>> >>> 2016-06-27 18:26 GMT+02:00 Ankush Thakur <[email protected]>: >>> > I keep hearing in the docs and in tutorials that frameworks are >>> horrible >>> > when it comes to service static files. In production, also, one needs >>> to set >>> > up another dedicated server to serve static files. >>> > >>> > I'm wondering why. What is so special about serving static files that >>> a >>> > framework comes to a halt, even though the same framework can happily >>> serve >>> > thousands of requests per hour? >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Ankush Thakur >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> > "Django users" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an >>> > email to [email protected]. >>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>> > >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CALX%3DrKLw_nMxZz7xeC0N%3D5Zwn0Q0eZnV_GFGkdwmP-%3DabtPMUQ%40mail.gmail.com. >>> >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cordialement, Coues Ludovic >>> +336 148 743 42 >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-users/U1Y52ad4lDM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/c2f1699e-9bfc-43f4-a858-a54a256cec1d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/c2f1699e-9bfc-43f4-a858-a54a256cec1d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CALX%3DrKKR-40%2B%3DjssfSk6HEaTk3ibkKQqENDA6gQ2Acjzm2q3bg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
