khttpd vs tux

khttpd vs tux

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

hi

can someone tell me what the difference is, in functionality, speed etc.
between the tux (2.0?) webserver and khttpd? I'm working on a project
where all I need is raw speed - really raw speed - and I really don't know
which to choose.

roy

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Re: khttpd vs tux

[bert hubert]

On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 05:21:43PM +0100, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> hi
> 
> can someone tell me what the difference is, in functionality, speed etc.
> between the tux (2.0?) webserver and khttpd? I'm working on a project
> where all I need is raw speed - really raw speed - and I really don't know
> which to choose.

tux holds all records, khttpd has been measured to be slower than some
userspace webservers.

Regards,

bert

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Re: khttpd vs tux

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

> tux holds all records, khttpd has been measured to be slower than some
> userspace webservers.

What's bad about tux, then? There usually is something...

roy
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Re: khttpd vs tux

[bert hubert]

On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 05:45:29PM +0100, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> > tux holds all records, khttpd has been measured to be slower than some
> > userspace webservers.
> 
> What's bad about tux, then? There usually is something...

The main hurdle for Tux is that it is not in the mainstream kernel, and
consists of a patch. I think RedHat has precompiled kernels with Tux in
them. The aa kernels also contain tux.

There are also strong indications that 'zero copy tcp/ip' may enable
userspace webservers to achieve comparable bandwidths (many gbits/second).
See for example X15: http://www.chromium.com/x15tech.html

Regards,

bert

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Re: [khttpd-users] khttpd vs tux

[Chul Lee]

You had better refer a paper whose tile is High-Performance Memory-Based Web Servers: Kernel and User-Space Performance, by Philippe  at IBM.T.J Watson
They also have experiments on performance between various kernel mode web server and user mode web server.

Chul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk" <roy@karlsbakk.net>
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Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 1:21 AM
Subject: [khttpd-users] khttpd vs tux


> hi
> 
> can someone tell me what the difference is, in functionality, speed etc.
> between the tux (2.0?) webserver and khttpd? I'm working on a project
> where all I need is raw speed - really raw speed - and I really don't know
> which to choose.
> 
> roy
> 
> ---
> Computers are like air conditioners.
> They stop working when you open Windows.
> 
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