RE: [squid-users] comparing squid with IIS 4.0

From: Robert Collins <robert.collins@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:00:36 +1100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: khiz code [mailto:khizcode@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:56 PM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: [squid-users] comparing squid with IIS 4.0
>
>
> hi al
> folks at my place hv just conducted a Microsoft web stress
> test on an IIS 4.0 unoptimised server for 5 mins. THis is
> machien with dual p 111 xeon 512 megs RAm
> the amount of req/sec reported was abt 598.3
> is this possible
> the best squid can go upto max 300/sec with proper tuning
>
> doesn't squid compare well to nowmal webservers for
> webserving .. i ve always been under the impression that
> squid would just blow away any webserver
> am i missing something

Yes. Squid is not a webserver. It's a web cache. They are very different
things in some respects. If you want to compare webservers, try Tux.

Rob
Received on Wed Mar 20 2002 - 06:00:41 MST

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