Nginx without access log

[Valentin V. Bartenev]

On Friday 02 December 2011 09:55:45 etrader wrote:
> Obviously nginx needs a time (even very short) to write access and error
> logs upon every request. Thus, theoretically, removing access and error
> logs from nginx configuration should speed up the web server.
> Surprisingly, when I did so, the load of my website became slower. Is it
> normal?
> 

How did you bench it? Did you use ab for your tests?

wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev