I'm quite prepared to accept I'm doing something wrong :) I still harbor a strong suspicion the one-hit model is safer tho :)
-- Shayne O'Neill.. trådkrämare http://perth.indymedia.org "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldnt do my job." --George W Bush. http://atheism.about.com/b/a/099745.htm On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Tim Roberts wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:47:33 +0800 (WST), Shayne ONeill > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Perhaps. I definately agree on the performance aspect. My personal concern > >is a stability one. Basically I just dont believe the servlet model can > >offer the same sort of stability that the one-hit page model can, > >principally because on a php page, if the code raises an exception, it'll > >flatten the page, not the server. There can also be issues with locking , > >'leakyness' (not *really* as big a problem with python, but I've seen it > >in java servlets despite the touted magic of garbage collection). > > > >Finally I do believe webware is not too hard to kill. I'm sadly having to > >reboot the webware install I maintain pretty regularly. > > > > > > That's fascinating. Among the handful of Webware sites I've done, one > is a commercial real estate site that averages about 30,000 hits a day > and sends about 10,000 subscriber e-mails per day. It's been up 420 > days without any server maintenance at all. Since moving to 0.8, I have > seen zero stability problems with Webware. The try/except handling is > good enough that exceptions cause well-controlled error pages with > e-mail notifications -- they don't bring down the server. > > I do appreciate the advantages of the one-hit CGI model, but I don't > think Webware suffers much without it. > > -- > - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > Webware-discuss mailing list > Webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list Webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
