Why is performance is slow when 2010 Cassini serves static files?

Question

When running a site in debug mode on 2010 I get incredible slow performance when cassini serves static files. According to Firebug it takes about 1 seconds for each request to resolve on 20 2kb images.

I haven't changed any settings, just have done a straight up install followed by converting a couple of projects. Rebooted the computer, reloaded IIS without solving anything.

I did have a different problem which I asked about on stackoverflow.com: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1656487/exception-when-vs-2010-cassini-serves-static-files

Are my problems related?

Any ideas on what could be wrong or should I try a reinstall?

Update: This is not specific to any browser, all of them are just as slow as loading my resources.

Answer 1

Check out the accepted answer on this question, which is highly relevant if you're using Firefox as your browser:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/795451/asp-net-mvc-on-cassini-how-can-i-force-the-content-directory-to-return-304s-in