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Re: Apache Concurrent Users
From: Volker Tanger <vtlists () wyae de>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:40:02 +0100
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:59:51 -0500 "Smith, Ryan" <rsmith () cff org> wrote:
I am doing a benchmark of IIS Vs Apache using QALoad. 1) How many concurrent users and apache 2.0.59 for windows supportwith the default configuration?
Serving which kind of content? Static files big or small, CGI-BIN generated content, FCGI, PHP via module, kernel-space ASP, etc? Sometimes you have external constraints (e.g. when VB-scripts and Access database are needed, IIS pretty much is the only choice), but usually the problem is not the web server, but the active content. My latest test with unix web servers with respect to static files was: apache 1.3 fastest thttpd second by a veryvery small margin apache 2.0 boa On a 333MHz/128MB box I was able to serve above 80 Mbit/s of static files this way (tested with siege and 250 concurrent users), on a 1,3GHz system more than 450 Mbit/s. So I'd suggest that the web server itself usually is not the bottleneck. Think along I/O capacity (hard disc configuration) and especially optimize (server side) active content! Bye Volker -- Volker Tanger http://www.wyae.de/volker.tanger/ -------------------------------------------------- vtlists () wyae de PGP Fingerprint 378A 7DA7 4F20 C2F3 5BCC 8340 7424 6122 BB83 B8CB ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps? Cenzic Hailstorm finds vulnerabilities fast. Click the link to buy it, try it or download Hailstorm for FREE. http://www.cenzic.com/products_services/download_hailstorm.php?camp=701600000008bOW ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Apache Concurrent Users ranebshekhar (Jan 18)
- Re: Apache Concurrent Users Tim (Jan 19)
- RE: Apache Concurrent Users Smith, Ryan (Jan 19)
- Re: Apache Concurrent Users Volker Tanger (Jan 22)
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- Re: Apache Concurrent Users David Swafford (Jan 19)