adam beecher wrote:
>> > hehe.. but even with the different hardware the strength of each server
> > was shown.
> > AOLserver is bloody fast at serving static pages (and I presume TCL
> > scripts as that's it's native scripting language) but the PHP module
> > needs work.
> > Apache is the old work horse, good and flexible. It ambles along doing
> > everything reasonably well, or good enough for the job at hand.
> >
> Well, it didn't really Donncha. It's like comparing chalk and a different kind
> of chalk. :) Seriously though, if you wanted to benchmark, why didn't you do it
> on one machine or the other? I think you just like benchmarking for
> benchmarkings sake. You're a benchmarkaholic. Shame.
I did the tests again on the one box and turns out Apache and AOLserver
aren't that different. In fact Apache beat AOLserver in static and
dynamic page requests! I'll post some figures on Monday.
What I would like to do is have both stream large amounts of data to
several hundred concurrent users and see which server handles the load
better.
The Apache Bench test is great for finding out which server is best at
handling sudden large numbers of requests (ie. being slashdotted!) but
I'd have to leave it run for longer to smooth out any results..
Donncha.
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