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The Linux HTTP Benchmarking HOWTO
Julian T. J. Midgley
jtjm@xenoclast.org
Contents
Introduction
Principles of HTTP benchmarking
A typical benchmarking installation
Likely bottlenecks
Network
Client machines
Factors to measure when benchmarking a web server
Conducting a benchmark
Simple static benchmarking using httperf
Static benchmarking with apachebench
Automating static benchmarking using autobench
Obtaining autobench
Procedure for benchmarking with autobench
Benchmarking using replayed sessions
Performance tuning
General Tuning Tips
Tuning file descriptor limits on Linux
Increasing the file descriptor limit
Useful benchmarking tools
References and Resources
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Julian T J Midgley 2001-07-06
