Posted by Krustov on 01/25/07 00:10

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> It all works as expected, but the question is, did I waste my time?
> How can I do some load test on my server to see what would be better?
> Database call or flat file read.
>
> My personal guess is that the flat file will only help under very heavy
> load, (a couple of hundreds/thousand pages a seconds).
>
> What do you think?
> Will the flat file help at all?
>

I've done the script below using flat files .

How its going to perform under a heavy load is anybodys guess - but i
think theres too much worring about heavy loads as most websites will
never have hundreds or thousands of users at the same time .

Most websites arnt google / microsoft / youtube / etc etc .


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