I agree with where Jukka is going... Raster layers are usually pretty fast so long as they are tuned correctly.
----- Original Message ---- > From: Rahkonen Jukka <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:04:07 AM > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom? > > Hi, > > You say that your raster layer is slower than vector layers, but do you feel > it > is too slow? Your image should be served pretty fast by Mapserver. The key > is > that tiff file is tiled (for zoom-in situation) and that it has overviews > (for > zoom-out case). Could you send the gdalinfo report about your image if you > suffer from slowness? > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > > Lähettäjä: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] Puolesta > > [email protected] > > Lähetetty: 13. tammikuuta 2009 12:35 > > Vastaanottaja: [email protected]; Dan Little > > Aihe: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom? > > > > Hi, thanks. > > > > The vectors are quite simple. I've never experienced slow > > down when displayed vector data, not even on an old Toshiba > > M20 laptop. > > > > Raster, on the other hand, is always the biggest problem. > > Compared to polygons, my raster is always slower to zoom, to > > pan, etc (despite the size is only 500 Mb). Is displaying > > raster more CPU-intensive or memory-intensive? If I'm using > > Intel Atom, will my raster be affected severely? > > > > Also, can using bigger RAM (let say, 2GB or so) compensate > > for the lack of processing power of Intel Atom? > > > > Thanks again, > > -Kresh > > > > > > --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Dan Little wrote: > > > > > From: Dan Little > > > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom? > > > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > > Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 9:18 PM I think the atom > > will be more > > > than adequate... depending on the dataset. :-) > > > > > > Serving 100 points is significantly less intensive than serving 100 > > > city-boundary polygons. > > > > > > > > > (Oops forgot to send to the list) > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > From: "[email protected]" > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:09:15 PM > > > > Subject: [mapserver-users] MapServer on Intel Atom? > > > > > > > > I'll be doing a lot of MapServer demo in the > > > future. I'm quite interested in > > > > Intel Atom-based subnotebooks for the purpose (like > > > Lenovo IdeaPad S10), since > > > > they are light and mobile. > > > > > > > > However, I wonder if Intel Atom is adequate to run > > > MapServer. The MapServer will > > > > be run on either ms4w on Windows XP, or directly on > > > Linux. The layers are stored > > > > on postGIS (there are fifteen layers or so), and there > > > is also a 476 megabytes > > > > raster file in .TIFF format. > > > > > > > > Will Intel Atom be adequate for the purpose? Will 2GB > > > of memory help? Has anyone > > > > ever done such thing before? > > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > -Kresh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
