Could you provide some references on this? I'd be interested to know the impact of connections.
-- Enric --- In [email protected], Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > one would hope so, but unfortunately this can be a significant problem > AJAX apps: some servers are getting hammered with lots of small requests. > > think "number of connections" for a server. in that case, size is not > really the issue. > > Enric wrote: > > >Also, AJAX retrieves less information overall (sometimes > >significantly), since the page display data usually isn't sent. > > > > -- Enric > > > >--- In [email protected], "Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen" > ><ahpe01@> wrote: > > > > > >>Except that with BITS the user experience doesn't change. > >> > >>- Andreas > >> > >>On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:34:00 +0100, Markus Sandy > >><markus@> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>same for AJAX, but both are certainly gaining traction > >>> > >>>i guess the question revolves around your parenthetical remark > >>> > >>>many people seem to think it's necessary to hit servers with smaller, > >>>but great numbered requests these days > >>> > >>>it's that "experience" thing i think > >>> > >>>;) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:12:30 +0100, André Sala <andrensala@> > >>>>wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>But the problem, it seems, with BITS is that it makes a substantial > >>>>>number of webserver requests. If you look at your server log you > >>>>>might think that BITS is hammering your bandwidth because of the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >high > > > > > >>>>>number of requests. This is because it is making requests to the > >>>>>server for small chunks of a file rather than one request for the > >>>>>whole file itself. Once it has collected all of the bits of a file, > >>>>>it marks it as being finished and makes the file available to the > >>>>>user. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Doesn't that create a substantial (and unnecessary) amount of > >>>> > >>>> > >overhead > > > > > >>>>for > >>>>the webserver to deal with? Why use this technology at all? > >>>> > >>>>- Andreas > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-- > >><URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> > >>Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us > > http://apperceptions.org > http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com > http://node101.org > http://spinflow.org > http://wearethemedia.com > http://xpressionvlog.blogspot.com > > aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: msandy > spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
