[Zope] Performance of webserver?

Tue, 31 Aug 1999 10:38:02 -0400

What about compared to Apache with the Python plugin? (I'm pretty sure there is
such a thing, I just can't find the name of it right now....). Obviously that
ignore the complexity of your vanilla-Python app, but it's not unreasonable to
recognize that a typical website will have a mix of
- static pages
- pages with some relatively simple SSI logic
- some pages which could be generated by medium-complexity Python code
- and maybe some stuff that really takes advantage of Zope.

Getting a sense of the rough performance comparisons in each case would be very
helpful. (And if there's a better configuration for certain cases, like use
Medusa instead of Apache, that would get bonus points.)

"Christopher Petrilli" <petrilli@digicool.com> on 08/31/99 09:52:18 AM

To:   Suder Steen SFS <sfs@sciatl.dk>, zope@zope.org
cc:    (bcc: Bill Seitz/Medscape)

Subject:  Re: [Zope] Performance of webserver?

> Hi,
>
> One of the last questions for now, I'd like to know the
> answer for is:
>
> What is the performance of the webserver in Zope 2?
> I'd like to compare to Apache on Linux (our Zope will be
> running on one of these).

Some nebulous number that I can invent for your statistical pleasure.  Quite
honestly you've asked a question which has no answer.  Zope2 is slower.  But
not if you compare CGI v. Zope.   Zope2 is a 100% dynamic page generation
situation, whereas Apache is only serving static pages.  So if you're site
is 100% static, use Apache, but as it gets more dynamic, I think you'll find
Zope2 to be faster and faster.  Performance on a "mid size" Linux box would
be 35-50 hits/second (which translates to 3.8M hits/day).

> Can the webserver be used in productionenvironment?
> How much load can it take compared to Apache before I need
> to upgrade hw? The same? Half? Double?

Do you understand the unanswerable nature of your question?

The only benchmark that matters is your own application.

Chris

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