Except for WMS layers, which are fetched in parallel, Mapserver accesses and renders layers one at a time, from top to bottom in the map file. Where you put your layers won't have much/any effect.
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:35 AM, Pleyer, Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks! > > We have a question regarding performance tuning: > When a mapfile contains multiple layers, does it access the data sequentailly > or in a parallel way? > Does it matter, if different layers all come from the same source or from > various sources (file system, database(s) )? > > Thanks > Walter > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
