1000 requests per second?

[Thomas]

Hi,

That's a benchmark I did some time ago on my PIII 500:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/145783


On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:40 PM, John Moore <grails at jmsd.co.uk> wrote:
> owkaye wrote:
>>
>> The responses will require a comparison of a posted value to another value
>> stored in a specific location in memory.  It's not a lookup or search in a
>> databse but it required a separate app to do the comparison so it's not as
>> simple as immediately serving a cached static web page.
>>
>
> How large are the responses? That's something else to consider, if you're
> returning large amounts of data, as the bottleneck might then move to the
> network.
>
> Even though you haven't got your server yet, I recommend installing nginx on
> your development machine and playing with it with a bit of load testing. I
> think you'll be pleasantly surprised. What amazes me is how tiny its demands
> on the CPU and memory are, even under heavy load.
>
>