MiniVend Tech Tip
Server mode is much faster than static mode. It means that the MiniVend server runs in the background, ready and waiting to serve pages. A small, fast compiled CGI program (written in C) named vlink routes the request to the server.
When running in static mode, with the svend CGI, Perl must load MiniVend, read the configuration and messages (like this one) and only then process the request. That is the reason it is much slower. You can improve static speed by using a minimum of features like buttonbars, randoms, help messages, custom colors and security.