Re: What is latest combo of kernel/patches for hi-perf Apache/SMP?

DanKegel@aol.com
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 01:12:17 EST


scott@starkmedia.com asked:
> In May/June of this year, there was quite a bit of soul-searching
> about what kernel version and patches provided the best performing SMP
> Apache foundation (see http://www.kegel.com/mindcraft_redux.html). Now
> that six months have passed by and kernels 2.2.13 / 2.3.33 are
> available, what is the current answer to the question: what is the
> best combination of kernel source and patches to provide a stable,
> hi-performance webserver for Apache in a dual P3/500, 1G ram

It's important to remember that the benchmarks that caused the
soul-searching were rather unrealistic, flat-file-only benchmarks.
Most big web servers serve dynamic content, for those benchmarks
were meaningless.
If you're asking what one would do to maximize performance on
those benchmarks using Apache and Linux, I'd say use kernel 2.2.13
and try the SGI Apache performance patches (see
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/apache/ ).
When they come out, kernel 2.4 and phhttpd will be very much worth trying,
too.
(khttpd hasn't yet been shown to be faster than phhttpd, imho.)

Cheers,
Dan Kegel

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