Chipp Walters wrote:
It'll take only slightly longer to download 50 separate files than one large file. I think I would make that design decision based on other criteria than just time.
I have to disagree with that - it may take more than "slightly longer", depending on circumstances.
Multiple small files (assuming you don't parallelize them) will cost you at least one extra round-trip time per file (and possibly more depending on the server, firewall, proxy, nat box, etc.). So on a "typical" client, open a shell and "ping" the server. Take the average round-trip time reported, and multiply by 50 - that's the approx cost of multiple small files.
You have a base time of around 10 seconds in this case (50 x 10k over a 512K DSL connection), so you can tell whether or not it would be a noticeable increase.
my house to my web server round trip = 48ms, overhead = 2.4 secs. 10 sec vs 12 sec ? - not important.
my house to runrev.com
round trip = 140 ms, overhead = 7 seconds. 10 sec vs 17 sec - worth worrying about.
-- Alex.
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