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Table of Content 1
Apache Benchmark Procedures 2
Webserver Benchmark Examples: 2
Static Non-KeepAlive test for Apache web server 2
Static Non-KeepAlive test for lighttpd web server 3
How do I carry out Web server Static KeepAlive test? 4
How do I save result as a Comma separated value? 4
How do I import result into excel or gnuplot programs so that I can
create graphs? 4
Sample test.php file 4
Sample psql.php (php+mysql) file 4
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Howto: Performance Benchmarks a Webserver

Posted by Vivek Gite <vivek@nixcraft.com> [31 Comments]
You can benchmark Apache, IIS and other web server with apache benchmarking tool [1]
called ab. Recently I was asked to performance benchmarks for different web servers.
It is true that benchmarking a web server is not an easy task. From how to benchmark a web server [2]:
First, benchmarking a web server is not an easy thing. To benchmark a web server the time
it will take to give a page is not important: you don't care if a user can have his page in 0.1
ms or in 0.05 ms as nobody can have such delays on the Internet.
What is important is the average time it will take when you have a maximum number of users on your
site simultaneously. Another important thing is how much more time it will take when there are 2 times
more users: a server that take 2 times more for 2 times more users is better than another that take 4
times more for the same amount of users."
Here are few tips to carry out procedure along with an example:
Apache Benchmark Pro cedures
You need to use same hardware configuration and kernel (OS) for all tests
You need to use same network configuration. For example, use 100Mbps port for all tests
First record server load using top or uptime command
Take at least 3-5 readings and use the best result
After each test reboot the server and carry out test on next configuration (web server)
Again record server load using top or uptime command
Carry on test using static html/php files and dynamic pages
It also important to carry out test using the Non-KeepAlive and KeepAlive (the Keep-Alive
extension [3] to provide long-lived HTTP sessions, which allow multiple requests to be sent over
the same TCP connection) features
Also don't forget to carry out test using fast-cgi and/or perl tests
Webserver Benchmark Examples:
Let us see how to benchmark a Apache 2.2 [4] and lighttpd [5] 1.4.xx web server.
Static Non-KeepAlive test for Apache web server
i) Note down server load using uptime command

$ uptime
ii) Create a static (small) html page as follows (snkpage.html) (assuming that server IP is 202.54.200.1) in
/var/www/html (or use your own webroot):
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<title>Webserver test</title>
</head>
<body>
This is a webserver test page.
</body>
</html>
Login to Linux/bsd desktop computer and type following command:

$ ab -n 1000 -c 5 http://202.54.200.1/snkpage.html
Where,
-n 1000: ab will send 1000 number of requests to server 202.54.200.1 in order to perform for the
benchmarking session
-c 5 : 5 is concurrency number i.e. ab will send 5 number of multiple requests to perform at a time
to server 202.54.200.1
For example if you want to send 10 request, type following command:

$ ab -n 10 -c 2 http://www.somewhere.com/
Output:
This is ApacheBench, Version 2.0.41-dev <$Revision: 1.141 $> apache-2.0

Copyright (c) 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/
Copyright (c) 1998-2002 The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/
Benchmarking www.cyberciti.biz (be patient).....done
Server Software:
Server Hostname: www.somewhere.com
Server Port: 80
Document Path: /
Document Length: 16289 bytes
Concurrency Level: 1
Time taken for tests: 16.885975 seconds
Complete requests: 10
Failed requests: 0
Write errors: 0
Total transferred: 166570 bytes
HTML transferred: 162890 bytes
Requests per second: 0.59 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request: 1688.597 [ms] (mean)
Time per request: 1688.597 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate: 9.59 [Kbytes/sec] received
Connection Times (ms)

min mean[+/-sd] median max
Connect: 353 375 16.1 386 391
Processing: 1240 1312 52.1 1339 1369
Waiting: 449 472 16.2 476 499
Total: 1593 1687 67.7 1730 1756
Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)

50% 1730
66% 1733
75% 1741
80% 1753
90% 1756
95% 1756
98% 1756
99% 1756
100% 1756 (longest request)
Repeat above command 3-5 times and save the best reading.
Static Non-KeepAlive test for lighttpd web server
First, reboot the server:

# reboot
Stop Apache web server. Now configure lighttpd and copy /var/www/html/snkpage.html to lighttpd
webroot and run the command (from other linux/bsd system):
$ ab -n 1000 -c 5 http://202.54.200.1/snkpage.html
c) Plot graph using Spreadsheet or gnuplot.

Ho w do I carry o ut Web server Static KeepAlive test?
Use -k option that enables the HTTP KeepAlive feature using ab test tool. For example:
$ ab -k -n 1000 -c 5 http://202.54.200.1/snkpage.html
Use the above procedure to create php, fast-cgi and dynmic pages to benchmarking the web server.
Please note that 1000 request is a small number you need to send bigger (i.e. the hits you want to test)
requests, for example following command will send 50000 requests :
$ ab -k -n 50000 -c 2 http://202.54.200.1/snkpage.html
Ho w do I save result as a Co mma separated value?
Use -e option that allows to write a comma separated value (CSV) file which contains for each
percentage (from 1% to 100%) the time (in milliseconds) it took to serve that percentage of the
requests:
$ ab -k -n 50000 -c 2 -e apache2r1.cvs http://202.54.200.1/snkpage.html
Ho w do I impo rt result into excel o r gnuplo t pro grams so that I can create
graphs?
Use above command or -g option as follows:

$ ab -k -n 50000 -c 2 -g apache2r3.txt http://202.54.200.1/snkpage.html
Put following files in your webroot (/var/www/html or /var/www/cgi-bin) directory. Use ab command.
Sample test.php file
#!/usr/bin/perl
$command=`perl -v`;
$title = "Perl Version";
print [6] "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print [6] "<html><head><title>$title</title></head>\n<body>\n\n";
print [6] "

<h1>$title</h1>
\n";
print [6] $command;
print [6] "\n\n</body></html>";
Run ab command as follows:

$ ab -n 3000 -c 5 http://202.54.200.1/cgi-bin/test.pl
Sample psql.php (php+mysql) file
<html>
<head><title>Php+MySQL</title></head>
<body>
<?php
$link = mysql_connect [7]("localhost", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD");
mysql_select_db [8]("DATABASE");
$query = "SELECT * FROM TABLENAME";

$result = mysql_query [9]($query);
while ($line = mysql_fetch_array [10]($result))

{
foreach ($line as $value)
{
print [11] "$value\n";
}
}
mysql_close [12]($link);
?>
</body>
</html>
Run ab command as follows:

$ ab -n 1000 -c 5 http://202.54.200.1/psql.php
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[2] server: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Caudium-HOWTO/benchmark.html
[3] Keep-Alive extension: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#keepalive
[4] Apache 2.2: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/
[5] lighttpd: http://www.lighttpd.net/
[6] print: http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/print.html
[7] mysql_connect: http://www.php.net/mysql_connect
[8] mysql_select_db: http://www.php.net/mysql_select_db
[9] mysql_query: http://www.php.net/mysql_query
[10] mysql_fetch_array: http://www.php.net/mysql_fetch_array
[11] print: http://www.php.net/print
[12] mysql_close: http://www.php.net/mysql_close
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Howto: Performance Benchmarks a Webserver

Apache Benchmark Pro cedures

Webserver Benchmark Examples:

Static Non-KeepAlive test for Apache web server

i) Note down server load using uptime command

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

Login to Linux/bsd desktop computer and type following command:

For example if you want to send 10 request, type following command:

This is ApacheBench, Version 2.0.41-dev <$Revision: 1.141 $> apache-2.0

Benchmarking www.cyberciti.biz (be patient).....done

Connection Times (ms)

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)

Static Non-KeepAlive test for lighttpd web server

First, reboot the server:

c) Plot graph using Spreadsheet or gnuplot.

Ho w do I save result as a Co mma separated value?

Use above command or -g option as follows:

Sample test.php file

print [6] "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print [6] "

print [6] "\n\n</body></html>";

Run ab command as follows:

Sample psql.php (php+mysql) file

$query = "SELECT * FROM TABLENAME";

while ($line = mysql_fetch_array [10]($result))

Run ab command as follows:

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