The most usefull article i have read is this step by step configuration tutorial :

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/Article/16267D49-4C6E-4063-AB12-853761D31E66.dcik

I have followed exactly what is there and it works. I have seen the pros, no cons.

Another interesting link is this : www.pipebost.com

it tells you grosso modo what compression you can expect if you buy their product, but the results I have obtained are similar with only the native iis http compression

The remaining mystery is the compression parameters that you will find in the configuration file (0 to 10) ; I am unable to measure any difference with differents settings so I set them to 8 (!?).

One more thing : it seems that it does not improve so much the initial loading of the site. It improves the next requests.

Tell us how much you gain ...

Benoit

 

 

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Benoît Sarton
www.bsi.fr
www.dotnetnuke.fr

Benoit,

Thanks for the tip!  I'm going to give it a try and see how well it runs.  I'll keep you all posted.

FYI to all DNN folks~

The DHA WebCompression works well as does Slipstream when used alone.  However, when you combine both of them (Slipstream (Spohn Software) & DHA Webcompression) there are some issues (a ton of page load error message crop up in the server logs).  With the combination of the two, I don't see a marked improvement of intial loading AND data compression of the site with the two combined.  DHA, on the other hand, can compress data up to 70% for those who have text heavy sites.

A good site to test your webserver load times is www.internetsupervision.com.

-Eric