# Caucho Resin: faster than nginx? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228 "2012-08-18T01:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/1 "2012-08-18T01:19:21Z")
FYI: [http://www.caucho.com/resin-application-server/press/resin-java-web-server-outperforms-nginx/](http://www.caucho.com/resin-application-server/press/resin-java-web-server-outperforms-nginx/) " Using industry standard tool and methodology, Resin Pro web server was put to the test versus Nginx, a popular web server with a reputation for efficiency and performance. Nginx is known to be faster and more reliable under load than the popular Apache HTTPD. Benchmark tests between Resin and Nginx yielded competitive figures, with Resin leading with fewer errors and faster response times. In numerous and varying tests, Resin handled 20% to 25% more load while still outperforming Nginx. In particular, Resin was able to sustain fast response times under extremely heavy load while Nginx performance degraded. " ---
**Author:** ![archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archfiend997)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/2 "2012-08-18T05:18:23Z")
On Saturday 18 August 2012 03:18:32 Adam Z. wrote: > faster response times. In numerous and varying tests, Resin handled 20% to > 25% more load while still outperforming Nginx. In particular, Resin was > able to sustain fast response times under extremely heavy load while Nginx > performance degraded. " What nginx configuration was used during the testing? Did they tune it? Did Resin use an equivalent level of logging? What build options were used to build nginx? Why did they test on 1k page? I don’t think that the average size of typical web-page and its elements are about 1 Kb. Does it mean that the Resin cannot effectively handle files of more size? What about memory usage? And after all, why did they use the latest version of Resin and relatively old version of nginx? wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev P.S. vbart@vbart-laptop ~/Development/Nginx/tests/wrk $ curl -i [http://localhost:8000/1k.html](http://localhost:8000/1k.html) HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx/1.3.5 Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:10:13 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 1063 Last-Modified: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 02:40:43 GMT Connection: keep-alive ETag: “502f00ab-427” Accept-Ranges: bytes ``` 0 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 1 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 2 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 3 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 4 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 5 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 6 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 7 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 8 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 9 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 ``` vbart@vbart-laptop ~/Development/Nginx/tests/wrk $ cat ../build/test.conf #error\_log logs/error.log debug; worker\_processes 2; worker\_priority -5; worker\_cpu\_affinity 1000 0010; events { accept\_mutex off; } http { sendfile on; access\_log off; tcp\_nopush on; ``` open_file_cache max=16; open_file_cache_valid 1h; server { location / { } } ``` } vbart@vbart-laptop ~/Development/Nginx/tests/wrk $ grep “model name” /proc/cpuinfo | uniq model name : Intel(R) Core™ i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz vbart@vbart-laptop ~/Development/Nginx/tests/wrk $ ./wrk -r 3m -c 10 -t 1 --pipeline 100 [http://localhost:8000/1k.html](http://localhost:8000/1k.html) Making 3000000 requests to [http://localhost:8000/1k.html](http://localhost:8000/1k.html) 1 threads and 10 connections Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev Latency 5.79ms 50.47us 6.03ms 75.42% Req/Sec 170.72k 450.75 171.00k 72.03% 3000005 requests in 17.54s, 3.63GB read Requests/sec: 171078.30 Transfer/sec: 212.25MB ---
**Author:** ![archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archfiend997)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/3 "2012-08-18T06:02:12Z")
On Saturday 18 August 2012 07:17:27 Valentin V. Bartenev wrote: […] > 3000005 requests in 17.54s, 3.63GB read > Requests/sec: 171078.30 > Transfer/sec: 212.25MB All the same - clang 3.1 → gcc-4.7.1 - removed all unused modules vbart@vbart-laptop ~/Development/Nginx/tests/wrk $ ./wrk -r 3m -c 10 -t 1 --pipeline 100 [http://localhost:8000/1k.html](http://localhost:8000/1k.html) Making 3000000 requests to [http://localhost:8000/1k.html](http://localhost:8000/1k.html) 1 threads and 10 connections Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev Latency 4.70ms 232.75us 5.39ms 76.29% Req/Sec 206.94k 281.90 207.00k 94.85% 3000008 requests in 14.46s, 3.63GB read Requests/sec: 207533.34 Transfer/sec: 257.29MB ## vbart@vbart-laptop ~/Development/Nginx/tests/build $ sbin/nginx -V nginx version: nginx/1.3.5 built by gcc 4.7.1 (Gentoo 4.7.1 p1.0, pie-0.5.3) configure arguments: --prefix=/home/vbart/Development/Nginx/tests/build –with- cc-opt=‘-O3 -march=native’ --without-http-cache –without-http\_charset\_module – without-http\_gzip\_module --without-http\_ssi\_module –without-http\_userid\_module –without-http\_access\_module --without-http\_auth\_basic\_module --without- http\_autoindex\_module --without-http\_status\_module –without-http\_geo\_module – without-http\_map\_module --without-http\_split\_clients\_module --without- http\_referer\_module --without-http\_rewrite\_module –without-http\_proxy\_module – without-http\_fastcgi\_module --without-http\_uwsgi\_module --without- http\_scgi\_module --without-http\_memcached\_module --without- http\_limit\_conn\_module --without-http\_limit\_req\_module --without- http\_empty\_gif\_module --without-http\_browser\_module --without- http\_upstream\_ip\_hash\_module --without-http\_upstream\_least\_conn\_module without-http\_upstream\_keepalive\_module ---
**Author:** ![archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archfiend997)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/4 "2012-08-18T07:05:52Z")
Hey, > Why did they test on 1k page? Because in Resin “Small static files are cached in memory, improving performance by avoiding the filesystem entirely. Small files like 1-pixel images can be served with little delay.” (source: [http://wiki4.caucho.com/Web\_Server:\_Static\_Files](http://wiki4.caucho.com/Web_Server:_Static_Files)). Biased benchmark (Resin serving from memory vs nginx opening, reading, serving and closing files). Best regards, Piotr S. \< [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) \> ---
**Author:** ![archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archfiend997)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/5 "2012-08-18T07:15:13Z")
which version of resin did they use, the open source or pro version? mike On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Adam Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > to sustain fast response times under extremely heavy load while Nginx > performance degraded. " > > – > Adam > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > * * * > > nginx mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [mailman.nginx.org archive](http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx) – James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova [http://flossk.org](http://flossk.org) Saving wikipedia™ articles from deletion [http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com](http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com) Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world [http://fosm.org](http://fosm.org) Mozilla Rep [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3](https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3) ---
**Author:** ![archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archfiend997)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/6 "2012-08-18T08:39:20Z")
More details: [http://blog.caucho.com/2012/07/05/nginx-120-versus-resin-4029-performance-tests/](http://blog.caucho.com/2012/07/05/nginx-120-versus-resin-4029-performance-tests/) . On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Mike Dupont \< ---
**Author:** ![archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archfiend997)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/7 "2012-11-14T16:06:55Z")
We are making a nginx benchmark under 10Gbe network. For an empty page, we get about 700k rps of nginx, in compare with about 100k rps of resin pro. In caucho’s test, they use i7 4 core / 8 HT, 2.8 GHZ, 8Meg Cache, 8 GB RAM, and I use duo intel e5645. I think the result can be improved through some tuning. We tuned server configuration and nginx configuration, but didn’t tune much on resin. We didn’t find any configuration of caucho’s testing, neither nginx nor resin. so i wonder how to make the rps of resin go above 100k? On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Mike Dupont \ **Author:** ![archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archfiend997)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/8 "2012-08-18T09:27:49Z") Resin Pro 4.0.29, so whats the point? We are talking about open source software here, no? mike On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Adam Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Adam Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > and > > > Adam > > > James Michael DuPont > > [mailman.nginx.org archive](http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx) > – > James Michael DuPont > Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova [http://flossk.org](http://flossk.org) > Saving wikipedia™ articles from deletion > [http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com](http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com) > Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world [http://fosm.org](http://fosm.org) > Mozilla Rep [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3](https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3) ---
**Author:** ![archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@archfiend997](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archfiend997)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/caucho-resin-faster-than-nginx/222228/9 "2012-11-19T10:36:02Z")
I use Xeon E5 32core CPU with 10G NIC, for empty page,get nearly 400-500k rps on nginx 1.2.4, How to get 700k rps or more(1000k rps)? ## Arnold Liu Lantao Wrote: > We tuned server configuration and nginx configuration, but didn’t tune > much > on resin. We didn’t find any configuration of caucho’s testing, > neither > nginx nor resin. so i wonder how to make the rps of resin go above > 100k? Posted at Nginx Forum: [http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,229872,232972#msg-232972](http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,229872,232972#msg-232972)