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500,000 requests/sec – Modern HTTP servers are fast
A modern HTTP server running on somewhat recent hardware is capable of servicing a huge number of requests with very low latency. Here’s a plot showing requests per second vs. number of concurrent...
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Modern HTTP Servers Are Fast, EC2 Is Not
The previous article showed nginx 1.0.14 performance on a dedicated server from SoftLayer. That server was chosen simply because one was available, and 24GB of RAM was completely unnecessary. It would...
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150,000 Requests/Sec – Dynamic HTML & JSON Can Be Fast
Most web applications contain copious amounts of static content in the form of JavaScript, CSS, images, etc. Serving that efficiently means a better user experience, and also more CPU cycles free for...
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A Note On Benchmarking
This series of articles has drawn out the cargo cultists who insist that HTTP benchmarks must be run over the network, or that a real application should be tested, as if adding more variables makes a...
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500,000 Requests/Sec? Piffle! 1,000,000 Is Better
Modern HTTP servers are capable of handling 500k requests/sec on commodity hardware. However that article ignored HTTP pipelining which can have a significant impact on performance. Buggy legacy...
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