Re: Serving static files

Thanks but I'm afraid I wasn't able to grasp the point of that article. Could you break it down for me, please? 

~~Ankush

On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 10:07:43 PM UTC+5:30, ludovic coues wrote:

It's not that the framework will come to an halt. It's that a server
serving static file directly would be an order of magnitude faster.

https://unix4lyfe.org/time/hn.html is a nice article on how server
react to heavy load when serving static file.

2016-06-27 18:26 GMT+02:00 Ankush Thakur <ankush....@gmail.com>:
> I keep hearing in the docs and in tutorials that frameworks are horrible
> when it comes to service static files. In production, also, one needs to set
> up another dedicated server to serve static files.
>
> I'm wondering why. What is so special about serving static files that a
> framework comes to a halt, even though the same framework can happily serve
> thousands of requests per hour?
>
> Regards,
> Ankush Thakur
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