Http server speed

HCL Domino Domino Forum
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I am forced to use Domino’s http system because we are using Quickr. However I have noticed that Domino is very slow. (50% slower than say IIS - ouch)

Download through put is very slow too which since the webpages are big is probably not helping.

Is this an known issue or is there some go_at_a_reasonable_speed=1 setting that I am missing in Notes.ini

Is setting up Domino to be a decent http browser system really that hard? Everything else (dare I say it IIS) works very fast out of the box.

We are using Domino 8.0.1 and using the system outside on the Web i.e. not on a corporate LAN.

Perhaps I need to tweak something but where does one start?

Can you help?

Many thanks

Ian

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Subject: notes.ini settings

Hi Ian

There are some notes.ini settings for Quickr that are designed to help speed up the system.

These all came from the quickr infocenter, which can be found at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/lqkrhelp/v8r0/index.jsp

Hope that helps.

QuickPlaceWebCacheEnabled=value

Enables or disables Web page caching. When set to 1 or omitted, enables Web page caching. When set to 0, disables Web page caching.

QuickPlaceWebCacheDir= path

Specifies the full path to the cache directory on the server. If omitted, the default path is domino_data_root/domino/lotusquickr/cache.

QuickPlaceWebCacheLimitInMB=size

Specifies a maximum size, in MB, for the cache. If omitted, or if a negative value is specified, the maximum size is 50 MB.

QuickPlaceWebCacheGCIntervalInMIN=interval

Specifies the time interval, in minutes, for cache cleaning. If omitted, or if a negative value is specified, then the interval is 60 minutes.

QuickPlaceWebCacheUsers=anonymous

Enables caching for anonymous users only. If omitted, and by default, caching is enabled for all users.

QuickPlaceWebCacheLogging=level

Specifies the level (1, 2, 3), for cache logging. Level 1 is the least detailed and 3 is the most detailed. Logging is written to domino_data_root/log.nsf.

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Subject: No difference

Thanks for the suggestion…

I tried these settings:

QuickPlaceWebCacheEnabled=1

QuickPlaceWebCacheDir=G:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\QuickrCache

QuickPlaceWebCacheLimitInMB=2000

QuickPlaceWebCacheLogging=3

But it made no difference. I wasn’t expecting it to either. Bypassing QP and just downloading a file off the server is SLOW. Therefore large pages that Quickr generates are also SLOW to download

Alas the answer lies elsewhere.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

(I posted this here as I feel its a Domino Issue NOT a Quickr one.)

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Subject: Domino’s web engine is at a disadvantage

Because Microsoft has blessed IIS with system calls that can not ported to all platforms and Domino strives to be platform agnostic Domino does not make those system calls.

Lotus Software Knowledge Base Document

Title: HTTP downloads appear quicker when Lotus Domino is configured to utilize the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) for web traffic
Doc #: 1279892
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21279892