Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 06 May 1999 08:23:21 +0000 | From | Dan Kegel <> | Subject | 2.2.7 fixes Apache problem? (Was: Re: 2.2.5 optimizations for web benchmarks?) |
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Cacophonix Gaul <cacophonix@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'd like some help with optimizing linux (and apache) > for ... specweb96... I expect to > see 10K-20K simultaneous active connections.
A few days later, he submitted an Apache bug report, http://bugs.apache.org/index/full/4268, saying:
> I'm running some specweb tests on apache, and with the specific config file > from the distribution, performance drastically drops after reaching > high loads - and remains poor even after the specweb tests stop.
This happened on kernel 2.2.5 with Apache 1.3.4 and 1.3.6.
Fast forward two weeks to the present. He now reports: > The mystery continues. I got round to trying out 1.3.6 again this evening, > this time on 2.2.7. I did _not_ see the performance drop off. Just to verify, > I rechecked on the stock 2.2.5 kernel, and the drop off is there. > > So _something_ has been fixed between 2.2.5 and 2.2.7 that has made this problem > go away. I'll keep plugging away as I get spare time to see if I can get the > problem to occur.
Makes one want to repeat Mindcraft's Apache benchmark with 2.2.7, doesn't it? - Dan
http://www.kegel.com/mindcraft_redux.html
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