Apache httpd 2.4 versus Resin Pro and Resin Open Source 4.0.31

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These benchmarks show that Resin Pro and Resin Open Source performance exceeds Apache httpd 2.4.
 
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Latest revision as of 00:00, 29 September 2012

Recently, we decided to spend some extra time improving Resin's performance and scalability see NginX 1.2.0 versus Resin 4.0.29 performance tests, and Resin bested NginX. For those in the know, this is quite a feat. However, more developers know Apache httpd which is also a C-based web server. We have recently run some performance benchmarks comparing Resin 4.0.31 versus Apache httpd 2.4. These benchmarks show that Resin Pro and Resin Open Source performance exceeds Apache httpd 2.4.

We tested 0k (empty HTML page), 1K, and 64K byte files. At every level Resin Pro and Resin Open Source exceeded Apache httpd 2.4 performance.

Contents

Results

Resin 4 31 apache httpd 0k.png

Resin 4 31 apache httpd 1k.png

Resin 4 31 apache httpd 64k.png


Benchmark tools

The benchmark tests used the following tools:

  • httperf
  • AutoBench


httperf

httperf is tool produced by HP for measuring web server performance. The httperf tool supports HTTP/1.1 keepalives and SSL protocols.


AutoBench

Autobench is a tool for automating the process of performing a comparative benchmark test against two a web servers. Autobench uses httperf. Autobench runs httperf against each host. AutoBench increases the number of requests per seconds on each iteration. AutoBench delivers output in a format that can be easily consumed by spreadsheet tools. AutoBench has a mode where it can drive multiple clients against a set of servers to minimize the possibility of testing your client throughput instead of server throughput. The command autobenchd is used to run a daemon on client machines. The autobench_admin command drives many clients to run test at same time by communicating with autobenchd.

Configuration

We used out of the box configuration for Apache httpd 2.4 and Resin 4.0.31.

Hardware Software Specifications

Client HW/OS specs:

  • i7 4 core / 8 HT, 2.8 GHZ, 8Meg Cache, 8 GB RAM.
  • Ubuntu 12 / Linux Kernel 3.2.0-26-generic

Server HW specs:

  • i7 4 core / 8 HT, 2.8 GHZ, 8Meg Cache, 8 GB RAM.
  • Ubuntu 12 / Linux Kernel 3.2.0-26-generic

Test software:

  • Autobench 2.1.1
  • httperf 0.9.0

Software under test:

  • Resin OpenSource 4.0.31
  • Resin Pro 4.0.31
  • Apache httpd 2.4

0k test

We want to make sure Resin can handle as many concurrent connections as possible without glitches or blocking. The tiny 0k file is a good test for high concurrency, because it spends less time on network overhead and more time stressing the threading and internal locks. Because we used an 8-core machine, we can be certain that we're avoiding unnecessary locks or timing problems.

For most sites, the small file stress test simulates heavy ajax use, and small file use. As sites become more interactive, this small file test becomes ever more important.

As a comparison of a threaded Java web server with an event-based C web server, the 0k test is a good test of the threading and event manager dispatch. Because most of the time in the test is establishing a connection or switching between requests at the very highest rate, both the threading and the event management get a tough work-out.

Command Line Arguments

0k.sh

./admin.sh 300000 2000 20000 1000 0k

admin.sh

autobench_admin
--clients xen:4600,lancre:4600
--uri1 /file_$5.html
--host1 ch_resin --port1 8080
--uri2 /file_$5.html
--host2 ch_apache --port2 80
--num_conn $1
--num_call 10
--low_rate $2
--high_rate $3
--rate_step $4
--timeout 3
--file out_con$1_start$2_end$3_step$4_$5.tsv

Above is used to setup 300,000 connections at a rate of 20,000 to 200,000 requests per second. Each iteration increases the rate by 10,000 from 20,000 to 200,000.

0k html file file_0k.html

 <html> 
 <body>
 <pre></pre>
 </body>
 </html>

0k full Results for 0K test

1K test

Command line

1k.sh

./admin.sh 200000 1000 10000 250 1k


admin.sh

autobench_admin
--clients xen.caucho.com:4600,lancre.caucho.com:4600 
--uri1 /file_$5.html
--host1 ch_resin --port1 8080
--uri2 /file_$5.html
--host2 ch_apache --port2 80
--num_conn $1
--num_call 10
--low_rate $2
--high_rate $3
--rate_step $4
--timeout 3
--file out_con$1_start$2_end$3_step$4_$5.tsv


1k.html

<html>
<body>
<pre>
0 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
1 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
2 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
3 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
4 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
5 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
6 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
7 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
8 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
9 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 
</pre>
</body> 
</html>

1k full Results for 1K test

64 K test results

Result

64k.sh

./admin.sh 1000 10 300 10 64k

====admin.sh====
<pre>
autobench_admin
--clients xen.caucho.com:4600,lancre.caucho.com:4600 
--uri1 /file_$5.html
--host1 ch_resin --port1 8080
--uri2 /file_$5.html
--host2 ch_apache --port2 80
--num_conn $1
--num_call 10
--low_rate $2
--high_rate $3
--rate_step $4
--timeout 3
--file out_con$1_start$2_end$3_step$4_$5.tsv

64k test file

<html>
<body>
<pre>
0
0 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
1 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
2 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
3 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
4 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
5 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
6 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
7 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
8 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
9 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789


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</pre>
</body>
</html>
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