SSL Performance on real hardware versus virtual

[Jonathan Vanasco]

On Feb 21, 2007, at 6:55 PM, Casey Rayman wrote:

> I built a test nginx server on debian linux within a virtual  
> machine on my laptop and it was quite fast.  Based on the results  
> of that simple test I built a stand alone server on an HP Proliant  
> DL360.  Everything from a software standpoint should be the same,  
> but the performance on the real hardware is TERRIBLE.  A simple  
> index page on the server hardware takes almost a minute to load,  
> while the same loaded from the laptop takes less than a second.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas how a dual-Xeon server is slower than a  
> VM on my laptop with 128mb?


That sounds like it could be a keep alive issue.


// Jonathan Vanasco

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