>Jeff Kell writes:
 
>[snipped...]
 
>I received the OpenMarket beta by FedEx Tuesday morning.  It took all of 10-15
>minutes to install alongside the NCSA server and configure it to use the old
>NCSA directories.  It came right up - and it SCREAMS compared to NCSA.  On
>some image-intensive pages (over 20 in-line images/icons) over a direct
>network connection the OpenMarket server was 10-15x faster than NCSA!  The
>assistant director of libraries, who did most of the HTML for their machine,
>and I are very happy campers!
>
>If you wish to see for yourself, you may peruse:
>
>   http://www.lib.utc.edu          (OpenMarket beta server)
>   http://www.lib.utc.edu:8080     (NCSA httpd 1.3 port)
>
>Both servers are accessing the same files, same machine, and same priority
>jobs.  The NCSA server will remain up over the weekend, then we will be
>giving it an extended rest.
>
>GREAT job, HP !!!
>
>Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
 
Jeff,
 
Thanks for the quick report! Do you know anything about how they made if
faster? Anything architecturally that you can figure out? Or is it just
leaner, cleaner, and meaner code?
 
 
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