[9791] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: HTTP-NG Server & Client Mechanisms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ashish Kolli)
Wed Feb 21 15:35:53 1996
From: "Ashish Kolli" <ashishk@wankel.me.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 08:19:52 -0800
In-Reply-To: BearHeart / Bill Weinman <bearheart@bearnet.com>
"Re: HTTP-NG Server & Client Mechanisms" (Feb 21, 11:35am)
Reply-To: ashishk@cmu.edu
To: BearHeart / Bill Weinman <bearheart@bearnet.com>
Cc: www-talk@w3.org
Resent-From: www-talk@w3.org
Hi,
I think what Rob was trying to get at is the bandwidth issue: How well
would the HTTP-NG protocol perform in a congested network when compared to the
HTTP1.x . Since the overhead of establishing a new connection for each request
is eliminated in HTTP-NG we would expect a certain amount of performance
benefit. However when one is connected by computers that are "quite distant"
the TCP/IP protocol might introduce some latencies in terms of packet loss and
retransmission for a connection that is open for a long period of time, because
the load from other factors like "Sprintlink" might vary drastically.
- Ashish
On Feb 21, 11:35am, BearHeart / Bill Weinman wrote:
> Subject: Re: HTTP-NG Server & Client Mechanisms
> At 11:32 pm 2/20/96 MST, Rob Hartill spake:
> >There are far too many reports which tell us how well a client talks
> >to a server that is only a few feet away... not much help unless
> >we know how it behaves when fighting against network black holes such
> >as Sprintlink.
>
> I'm confused. What does this have to do with client performance?
>
> What can a client do about some unknown piece of hardware between it
> and its server?
>
>
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