That's a shame, nginx is definitely a robust and fast server, it's well maintained, it's patched quickly...
If you need proof of its prowess to convince your upstream managers, I'd be inclined to provide you with a diagram of our architecture for this particular project, as well as the graphs (network traffic, server loads, requests/sec...) On 13 November 2012 12:03, Friedrich Locke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Thank you Mark for suggestion, but my doubt still remains. >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Mark Blackman <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On 13 Nov 2012, at 10:23, Friedrich Locke <[email protected]> >> >> 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 >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > [email protected] mailing list >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> > "[email protected]" >> > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
