[Twisted-web] static file performance

[Thomas Hervé]

Phil Christensen a écrit :
> Hi All,
>
> The previous thread about http server performance made me think of 
> something I've been meaning to ask about for a while.
>
> What is the best way to send static files to the client in 
> twisted.web? I know web2 had some preliminary support for mmap for 
> small files, but I know it didn't work the last time I checked, and 
> I'm trying to stick with twisted.web for now, anyways.
>
> I've just been using Apache to serve static content, but I'd love to 
> be able to use a pure-twisted solution.

If you use a supported platform (Linux, FreeBSD, maybe Leopard), 
sendfile is the best way to get close to Apache performance on static 
files. The ticket #585 (http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/585) is 
where we try to do that. Unfortunately, this is a huge change, so it 
requires huge energy to get it into Twisted :). So any help on this 
ticket would be great: reviews, adding tests, performance measures, etc...

-- 
Thomas