Re: xserve vs

On 7/22/05 3:24 AM, "iTools" <itools@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> George,
>> 
>> if the apache is faster on xserve but I put tenon on it... what
>> happens then?  Is it the apache that is faster of is it the through
>> put or network that is faster?
> Hi again,
> I did do some testing on a client's xserve as against a
> desktop G5 which had a test iTools on it on their internal network. I
> did NOT test the origial Apache as iTools had already been installed
> on the desktop. Both machines were running OSX 10.4.1 with the latest
> updates.
> There was no difference in the standard output - the Apple
> OSX Server beat iTools one 1 occasion, the iTools machine beat OSX
> Server on 2 occasions, which involved serving a 10MB PDF via HTTP
> over 30 consecutive runs & a separate 200kb HTML file file via http
> over 1000 consecutive runs neither setup was modified from the
> defaults, so it would appear that the performance is on a par with
> OSX server when iTools is installed. Both machines were connected to
> a Netgear 8 port Gigabit 10/100/1000 switch & only a client machine
> was connected.
> The difference that some have seen 'might' be accounted for
> if OSX 10.4 'client' is using Apache 1.3.x & OSX 10.4 'server' is
> using Apache 2.x, which I believe is a little faster.
> -- 
> 
> Bye for now, Terry Allen


That doesn't sound like a real world test...
plus transferring files in http isn't what apache was meant for. What about
concurrent users via http? Was the DNS set up the exact same?

Apache 2.* doesn't have the same options as 1.*. There are many more things
you can do in 1.* than you can do in 2.*. But yes, I do think 2.* is
faster...over all, and everything else being the same.

Oh, and the default apple server install uses apache 1.*, not 2.*.
Version 2 is included, but is not configured. The server tools configures
version 1.*. In order to use version 2, you have to configure it manualy,
then the server admin for apache is toasted. Same thing with using webmin.
Webmin is great for everything _but_ apache.

But again, I'm not bashing iTools version of apache. I haven't used it. I'm
just speaking on the supplied apple apache on client vs. server. (both on
the same hardware and same spects.)


But again, your test doesn't sound like a real world test...


-- 

Thanks,
George


``Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to
show you any stinking badges!'', ``The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,'' 1948.




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