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+1  Q: 

How to benchmark apache/nginx setup

I am planning to setup nginx as reverse proxy. I will have apache to deliver my dynamic content, and nginx will deliver the static content.

My configuration i have now is just Apache with fastCGI. This gives me no configuration problems and runs great.

After I have set up nginx I want to run some benchmarks to see if I really got some performance increases, else i will switch back.

Does anyone know how I can benchmark this type of setup? Or maybe someone did this already and have some canned results, I will be glad to hear them.

PS. I know this is more a serverfault type of question, but i have seen numerous posts about apache and nginx so i thought i give it a try

+1  A: 

one word: ab

Javier  2010-03-27 06:17:32
Thank you for the simple answer. I never knew apache has such a tool. Will this tool only give me the benchmark results for apache. Or will this also reflect the nginx changes I made to the setup.
Saif Bechan  2010-03-27 06:26:49
it just does http queries, it's a simple way to compare any http server.
Javier  2010-03-27 06:38:52
ab -k -n 10000 -c 50 http://url.to/testThis can test the front end/static pages or the passthroughs to apache for your dynamic content.Another possibility is http://www.acme.com/software/http_load/ which allows you to specify a list of URLs to test against. ab is a benchmark of somewhat limited utility but, you can at least get some general ideas from it.
 2010-03-27 06:38:53
Thank you guys. Clear answer just what i was looking for!
Saif Bechan  2010-03-27 07:35:29
A: 

Better solution? Siege.

More accurate benchmarking tool than ab

Jon L.  2010-09-07 18:48:37
welcome to SO. and i will check it out.
Saif Bechan  2010-09-09 18:51:12

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