Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Dec 1999 15:16:25 +0100 | From | Marek Habersack <> | Subject | Re: Bloat? (khttpd) |
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* Francesco Chemolli said:
> > Even without async bulk file->file support, how close do khttpd > > performance do you think you can get with phhttpd? > > The people working on the Roxen (www.roxen.com) webserver conducted some > tests. > Roxen is a single-process webserver, and the tests were conduced using > some (experimental, but publicly available) features that will go in the > next release, using an highly optimized backend. And, one has to add, Roxen outperforms Apache in most areas (no, I have no numbers - just personal experience)
[snip] > What I'm trying to say is, we're looking in the wrong place here. True, an > HTTP server in the kernel might sound good to get more performance, but > the focus should rather be moved to designing better (userland) software. Remember that the in-kernel stuff is meant to serve static pages and that _can_ give a performance boost compared to the userland software.
> This said, if somebody wants to write a kernel HTTPD, I won't try to stop > him, why should I? I'll just avoid using it :-) Amen :)))) me too :)))
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