Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-new-httpd-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 39489 invoked by uid 500); 9 May 2000 00:53:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact new-httpd-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list new-httpd@apache.org Received: (qmail 39478 invoked from network); 9 May 2000 00:53:04 -0000 Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 17:52:50 -0700 (PDT) From: dean gaudet To: new-httpd@apache.org cc: Mike Spreitzer Subject: Re: How fast should I expect Apache to go? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-comment: visit http://arctic.org/~dean/legal for information regarding copyright and disclaimer. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/perf-tuning.html -dean On Mon, 8 May 2000, Mike Spreitzer wrote: > Some colleagues and I are working on speeding up SSL usage through use > of hardware accelerators, and would like to demonstrate improvements > in web servers such as Apache. We've been disappointed in the > performance we get from Apache "out of the box", both without SSL and > with mod_ssl (software SSL), and were wondering if we're doing > something wrong. I don't have precise figures at hand right now, but > I've been quoted figures of 50--100 HEAD requests per second without > SSL, and about 10 per second with mod_ssl --- on some SPARC. So let > me ask: what should I expect, for example on a Sun Ultra-10 > workstation running Solaris 7 on a single 440 MHz UltraSparc IIi > processor with 256 MB RAM, both without SSL and with mod_ssl? For > another example, what would it take to get Apache to approx. 300 HEADs > per second, without SSL, on Sun hardware & OS? > > Thanks, > Mike > >