I'm using CherryPy 2.2.1. I just ran benchmark.py multiple times. The fastest it got is 195 req/sec, with 50 threads. Python was taking 50+% CPU when the test was running.
> It would be good to know which version of CherryPy you are using. That > wiki page is talking about the CP 2.0 branch; 2.1 and later are quite > different. If you have a later version, try using > cherrypy/test/benchmark.py > > Note also that you can use lighttpd as an HTTP server for CherryPy apps > via FCGI/SCGI. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list