Measuring nginx's efficiency

[Valentin V. Bartenev]

On Thursday 29 June 2017 15:32:21 ST wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-06-29 at 15:09 +0300, Valentin V. Bartenev wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 June 2017 14:00:37 ST wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > with your help I managed to configure nginx and our website now can be
> > > accessed both - through apache and nginx.
> > > 
> > > Now, how can I prove to my boss that nginx is more efficient than apache
> > > to switch to it? How do I measure its performance and compare it to that
> > > of apache? Which tools would you recommend?
> > > 
> > > Thank you in advance!
> > > 
> > 
> > I suggest wrk.
> > 
> > https://github.com/wg/wrk
> > 
> 
> Should I stress our production system with this tool? Our system blocks
> users that make to many requests in a given amount of time...
> Also, how do I prove that static content is now served faster?
> 
> Thank you.
> 

Switching from Apache to nginx usually isn't about speed, but about scalability.
It's all about how many users/connections you can serve from the same hardware.

  wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev