Anil We published previous results with XMLBeans here: http://wso2.org/library/91
The results showed that XMLBeans was maybe 5-15% slower than ADB. Not necessarily a major issue if everything else is well tuned. Certainly we ought to rerun the XMLBeans test on the latest Axis2 1.1.1. Paul On 1/31/07, Anil John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > > In the results you noted "..given that our previous experience with > XMLBeans was that it wasn't the most performant option." > > Are there any plans to actually document the XMLBeans perf as part of > this comparison (You already do Axis2/ADB and Axis2/JAXB)? I've been > using XMLBeans as my default databinding framework under Axis2 for a > variety of reasons, the least of which is that it provides some > impressive functionality and it has a mature and active community around > it (which to me is rather important when choosing an open source > implementation). So would not want to move away from that particular > choice without some hard numbers. > > Regards, > > - Anil > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Paul Fremantle > > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:52 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [service-orientated-architecture] Web Services are not slow! > > > > A while back we had a discussion on whether Web Services are slow. > > > > Here is some data that I think concludes that SOAP can scale > > to high transaction rates (e.g. 300 million transactions a > > day). The test isn't a real-world test, but it does show that > > the overhead of SOAP processing is minimal with the latest toolkits. > > > > Some quotes from the article. > > ---------- > > > > This article shows the latest performance results of Apache Axis2 vs. > > Codehaus XFire, both Java implementations. The results > > demonstrate that modern Web Services engines can perform at > > very high transaction rates. > > > > Axis2 using the default ADB binding framework shows > > outstanding performance, with consistently better results > > than XFire/JAXB or Axis2/JAXB. > > > > Using either toolkit, the overhead of using XML and SOAP is > > no longer a limiting factor in writing distributed systems > > for most applications (with may be the exception of trading > > floors!). While these tests do not perform 'real' work, the > > fact that a XML messaging system can scale to more than 10 > > million transactions an hour on a single quad-core server > > shows that Web services can be used for significant systems > > applications. > > > > --------- > > > > Read more here: http://wso2.org/library/588 > > > > My disclaimer - I co-authored the document and I'm a committer on the > > Axis2 and other Apache WS projects. > > > > -- > > Paul Fremantle > > > > http://bloglines.com/blog/paulfremantle > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Paul Fremantle VP/Technology, WSO2 and OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair http://bloglines.com/blog/paulfremantle [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com
