Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 39F6010F56 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 22:56:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 73558 invoked by uid 500); 5 Nov 2013 22:56:54 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 73522 invoked by uid 500); 5 Nov 2013 22:56:54 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 73514 invoked by uid 99); 5 Nov 2013 22:56:54 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:56:54 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of jens@couchbase.com designates 206.225.164.32 as permitted sender) Received: from [206.225.164.32] (HELO EXHUB020-5.exch020.serverdata.net) (206.225.164.32) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:56:48 +0000 Received: from EXVMBX020-1.exch020.serverdata.net ([169.254.4.151]) by EXHUB020-5.exch020.serverdata.net ([206.225.164.32]) with mapi; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:56:25 -0800 From: Jens Alfke To: "user@couchdb.apache.org" Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:56:22 -0800 Subject: Re: Http 1.1 keep alive Thread-Topic: Http 1.1 keep alive Thread-Index: Ac7aekBqkSEUK6wbTyKuRfanzLWifA== Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Nov 5, 2013, at 1:46 PM, Stanley Iriele wrote: > Does couchdb respect http keep alives?... Most of ReSTs pain comes from > creating and tearing down connections... Every modern server or client should support keep-alive; as Bob says, it=92= s a basic feature of HTTP 1.1. What REST-based systems have you been using = that don=92t? =97Jens=