Jess M. Holle wrote: > Both Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x suffer a severe perfomance issue when the > server is on Windows and the client is Solaris (and perhaps others). > > Before you stop reading this as simply "we know Windows does not perform > well", I should point out that this does not occur when the client is > Windows or Linux, nor when the server is on the same Windows box but is > IIS or Tomcat (standalone)! > > Some rough download speeds: > > * recent Apache 1.3.x on Windows: > o client on Solaris (8): 80K/sec > o client on Linux or Windows: 8MB/sec > * recent Apache 2.0.x on Windows: > o client on Solaris (8): 120K/sec > o client on Linux or Windows: 8MB/sec > * IIS on Windows > o any client tried: 8-9 MB/sec > * Tomcat (standalone) on Windows > o any client tried: ~8MB/sec > just out of interest does the same thing happen when we have a solaris server and a windows client?
> Oddly Apache performance was around 1MB/sec when the request was routed > through it to mod_jk to Tomcat -- which is far worse than the 8MB/sec, > but far better than 80-120K/sec. > > I have filed bugs (12097 and 12099) against Apache 1.3 and 2.0 on these > issues as it is fairly clear that Apache is doing something wrong that > both IIS and Tomcat manage not to do. > > -- > Jess Holle >
