Web server benchmarking
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Web server benchmarking is the process of estimating a web server performance in order to find if the server can serve sufficiently high workload.
Key parameters
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The performance is usually measured in terms of:
Number of requests that can be served per second (depending on the type of request, etc.);
Latency response time in milliseconds for each new connection or request;
Throughput in bytes per second (depending on file size, cached or not cached content, available network bandwidth, etc.).
The measurements must be performed under a varying load of clients and requests per client.
Tools for benchmarking
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Load testing (stress/performance testing) a web server can be performed using automation/analysis tools such as:
Web application benchmarks
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Web application benchmarks measure the performance of application servers and database servers used to host web applications . TPC-W was a common benchmark emulating an online bookstore with synthetic workload generation.
References
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^ "WRK - a HTTP benchmarking tool". GitHub . 28 May 2022.
^ "Open source load testing tool review 2020". k6.io. Retrieved 2023-06-02 .
External links
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Microsoft's patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications
Stress tools to test your Web server at Microsoft 's knowledge base
Open Source Performance Testing tools
SPECweb2009 Release 1.20 Benchmark Design Document
HTTP(S) benchmark tools, testing/debugging
h2load - HTTP/2 benchmarking tool - HOW-TO