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Subject: Re: Linux kernel 2.4 and TCP terminations per second.
To: imran.badr@cavium.com
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:22:24 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> Does anybody know , what is the maximum number of TCP (http)
> terminations/per second a server (single/dual/.. processor)  in todays
> market can do, without much CPU load. The server would be running linux
> kernel 2.4 and apache web server.

If you are running any kind of high performance connections/second load then
you dont run apache. That isnt what apache is good at

thttpd will do 2000/sec on a decent box. zeus (non free) more, and tux
(kernel http accelerator) holds some records
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