cgi-bin

Mon Sep 15 10:39:00 GMT 2003

> Supposing your average cgi binary loads and completes in 50ms, you could
> invoke it up to 20 times per second. That places a somewhat low
> ceiling on how many cgi-bin requests your web server can take. Is that
> tolerable for your needs?

It should be. One can always increase capacity to 40 or 60 times per second by
deploying to two or three servers. I am not necessarily the person who needs
convincing, but I may have to defend these choices against cgi sceptics; so I was
actually just looking for a bit of ammunition... :-)