Mark, when i say high performance, i am looking something at least as fast as the fastest performing http server on the market for a given set of requests on the same pool of static files.
I am aware og ngnix, but i have to write my own http server. Using someone else solution is not an option. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Fleuriot Damien <m...@my.gd> wrote: > Define "high performance" , what are your expectations in terms of > concurrent connections, requests/second and all ? > > > > Allow me to shed some measure of light here, we're running 16x web servers > with nginx doing *permanent* (as in, for all requests) URL rewriting and > serving 500 req/s each. > > These servers admittedly running debian are behind 4x freebsd boxes using > a combination of PF, CARP and relayd on 8.3-STABLE. > > The web servers deliver 200mb/second worth of *small* files (roughly 1kb > javascripts). > They hardly ever reach 0.25 load average, on 8 cores + hyperthreading. > > > What I'm getting at here is, nginx *totally rapes* performance-wise, at > least for our own needs. > > If it is able to deliver 500 req/s (for each server) of small files, > surely it can handle the load you're planning on throwing at it ? > > > > On Nov 13, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Friedrich Locke <friedrich.lo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thank you Mark for suggestion, but my doubt still remains. > > > > Regards. > > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Mark Blackman <m...@exonetric.com> > wrote: > > > >> On 13 Nov 2012, at 10:23, Friedrich Locke <friedrich.lo...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi list members, > >>> > >>> i would like to be an http server for static content only. Due to this > >> > >> [snip] > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> What you have to say > >> > >> benchmark nginx to see if it does the job already. > >> > >> - Mark > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
