Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:32:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: In-Kernel HTTP Server (name preference) Message-ID: <20020218212717.T3055-100000@patrocles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20020219025401.C1B013A9A@overcee.wemm.org>
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Peter Wemm wrote: > The problem is that our threads implementation sucks. The moment that > thttpd has to do an actual disk read on freebsd, the whole thing comes to a > screeching halt. > > Threaded http servers do not stand up to real-world loads on freebsd, unless > there are very specially constructred scenarios in place.. ie: everything is > in ram, no FS calls ever block, etc. > > Cheers, > -Peter Well, a benchmark should be able to show that, assuming that a set of files larger than physical ram is used. I wasn't intending to imply that thttpd was necessarily superior to Apache, I just would be interested to see how various web servers compare today. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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