Performance (speed) issue of the a web mapping application,

[JamalNUMAN]

Performance (speed) issue of the a web mapping application,

I???m sorry to highlight this issue once again.

The GIS data is stored in our server and a web application is developed to publish this data. The end users are supposed to access this web application in our local network (intranet) but most of them are not satisfied due to the slow speed of exploring the web application when zooming and panning

Web application platform
We are using the web builders below as platform to build our web application

1. ArcGIS Web Applications for the Microsoft .NET Framework
2. ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight 3.0
3. ArcGIS Viewer for Flex


Which factors do affect the speed of the web application the most?

1. Server: how about the recommended specifications of the CPU and RAM of the server?

2. Network speed: what is the recommended speed for the network? Hub?

3. End user machine: CPU? RAM?

4. Or is the cashing the only recommended method to speed up the web application?

In terms of numbers, how to measure the speed of the web application in case it is accessed over intranet/internet?

Thank you

Best

Jamal