> -----Original Message-----
> From: phi...@tigris.org [mailto:phi...@tigris.org]
> Sent: maandag 12 november 2012 18:59
> To: iss...@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: [Issue 3980] serf increases server load
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> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3980
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> ------- Additional comments from phi...@tigris.org Mon Nov 12 09:59:19
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> Using serf 1.1.x@1691 and subversion trunk@1408335 as 1.8.
> Using 1.7.7 with neon as 1.7.
> Using subversion trunk as my dataset.
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> The server CPU and bandwidth to service one checkout:
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> 1.7 neon client, 1.7 server
> 3.6s, 21.4MB
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> 1.8 serf client, 1.7 server
> 2.9s, 46.9MB
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> 1.7 neon client, 1.7 server, mod_deflate
> 5.3s, 15.4MB
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> 1.8 serf client, 1.7 server, mod_deflate
> 5.7s, 15.9MB
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> 1.7 neon client, 1.8 server
> 3.3s, 21.4MB
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> 1.8 serf client, 1.8 server
> 1.6s, 44.7MB
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> 1.7 neon client, 1.8 server, mod_deflate
> 4.8s, 15.4MB
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> 1.8 serf client, 1.8 server, mod_deflate
> 4.1s. 14.7MB
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> Serf greatly increases bandwidth unless mod_deflate is in use (see
> http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2012-05/0343.shtml for why). Using
> mod_deflate
> solves the bandwidth problem to some extent although CPU use is
> increased.
Any idea why a 1.8 client would use more than twice the amount of data of
1.7?
It should send out less requests than a 1.7 client; especially to a 1.8
server where we avoid property requests.
Note that lgo reported mod_deflate to work against you when using ssl.
Bert
