----- Original Message ----- From: Hans Juergen von Lengerke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:20 pm Subject: [OT] Replacing reverse squid with mod_proxy
> Now I'm left with two choices: give up or try harder :-) > > Before I decide for one of them I thought I'd ask on the lists (sorry > for the x-post) to see if the above numbers (80 Hits/Second) are > in fact > feasible with apache/mod_proxy on one box. Are there any benchmarks > around? Does someone have a similar setup and how many requests > can they > serve? Should I up MaxClients any further? Will I get better results > using a newer version of apache? Or should I give up and stick with > squid? before giving up you should try 1.3.24 out of March 21 with a re-worked code for mod_proxy; regarding benchmarks I remember a comparison with the tux kernel server, iis5 and apache and more than 500 hits/sec for the last two was beaten by tux with a factor 3. Should be enough for your purpose _ ___ | | Irmund Thum | |