Re: EmbPerl, PHP continued... (fwd)

If you have time can you also test PHP 4.0 B3? (with --disable-debug) Available at http://www.php.net/version4 Thanks, Andi > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 00:25:35 +0800 > From: Robert Locke <rlocke@infiniteinfo.com> > To: modperl@apache.org > Subject: EmbPerl, PHP continued... > > > Hi all, > > I was looking for some performance data for EmbPerl, PHP, etc. but > could only find "Hello World"-type tests. So, I decided to add a few > other tests to the mix and post the results. > > These test results are still very crude. > > Any feedback/analysis/criticism would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > > Rob > > > MACHINE: > Dual Pentium III 500 MHz > 256 MB RAM > RedHat 6.0 (Linux 2.2.5-15smp) > > > DATABASE SERVER: > Postgres 6.5.2 > > > WEB SERVERS: > Apache w/ mod_perl, EmbPerl (using Apache::DBI) > - Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) mod_perl/1.21 > > Apache w/ mod_php (using persistent DB connection call) > - Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) PHP/3.0.12 > > AOLServer 2.3.3 (supports persistent DB connection) > - NaviServer/2.0 AOLserver/2.3.3 > - threw this one in just for kicks > > > RELEVANT APACHE SERVER SETTINGS: > MinSpareServers 20 > MaxSpareServers 35 > StartServers 20 > MaxClients 150 > MaxRequestsPerChild 0 > PerlSetEnv EMBPERL_OPTIONS 8082 > PerlSetEnv EMBPERL_ESCMODE 0 > PerlSetEnv EMBPERL_DEBUG 0 > > > TESTS: > Test 1 - Static HTML > Test 1(b) - Static HTML with special extension > Test 2 - Hello World > Test 3 - Big Print > Test 4 - Small Database Query > Test 5 - Big Database Query > > Test 1: Static HTML > - This is a 6K HTML file called "test1.html". > - No embedded code here. > > Test 1(b): Static HTML with extension > - Identical to the static HTML file in every way > *except* that extension is changed to ".epl", > ".php3", or ".adp" according to web server. > - No embedded code here. > > Test 2: Hello World > - Simple test to print "Hello World". > - For each of EmbPerl, PHP, AOLServer: > [+ "Hello World" +] > <? echo "Hello World" ?> > <% ns_puts "Hello World" %> > > Test 3: Big Print > - 1000 iterations of incrementally printing "a": > a > aa > aaa > aaaa > aaaaa > aaaaaa > ... > > - As an example: here's the EmbPerl code: > [- > for($i=0;$i < 1000;++$i) { > $a = $a . "a"; > print OUT $a, "<br>"; > } > -] > > - Returned page was approximately 500 K. > > Test 4: Small Database Query > - Fetch and display 1 record from a products database of about 300 > records, searching for an exact match on an indexed field. > - Returned page was approximately 5K. > - Used persistent db connection in all cases. > > Test 5: Big Database Query > - Fetch and display 24 records from a product database of about > 300 records, using a "like" search on a text field. > - Returned page was approximately 118K. > - Used persistent db connection in all cases. > > > RESULTS: > > - Results are "Requests per second". I'm not sure how to > interpret the numbers on an absolute scale, but the relative > comparisons should be somewhat meaningful. > > - Each test was conducted 5 times and the average is shown. > > - "ab" was used from the same machine as the web servers because > something "strange" happened when I ran it on another machine. > (I'll send a separate email regarding this.) > > > 1000 requests, 1 concurrent > ab -n 1000 -c 1 <URL> > ---------------------- > Test1 Test1(b) Test2 Test3 Test4 Test5 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Apache w/ > modperl/ 852.86 99.53 217.25 16.96 78.12 18.32 > EmbPerl > > Apache w/ 836.47 100.06 560.78 16.15 98.76 18.80 > PHP > > AOLServer 100.01 99.72 100.06 12.89 156.30 14.29 > > > > 1000 requests, 10 concurrent > ab -n 1000 -c 10 <URL> > ---------------------- > > Test1 Test1(b) Test2 Test3 Test4 Test5 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apache w/ > modperl/ 890.37 248.00 262.47 30.31 158.50 45.17 > EmbPerl > > Apache w/ 957.30 492.55 559.71 23.81 268.34 34.64 > PHP > > AOLServer 758.54 227.76 816.65 5.97 141.19 7.45 > > >