Found this the other week, you might want to take a read: https://github.com/eucalyptus/architecture/blob/master/features/elb/3.3/elb-benchmark.wiki
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Architecture Mercenary < [email protected]> wrote: > I am running HAProxy 1.4.18 on a c1.medium EC2 ubuntu 12.10 instance and > have had very good success with it so far. However, I need to make it > capable of handling short-term bursts of 5,000 simultaneous requests. > These burst will typically last for 5-10 minutes max. I have been unable > to drive this much load through it so far. I've read mixed reviews about > running HAProxy on virtual instances and the performance penalties, but > does anyone have any suggestions for maximum performance tuning of haproxy > on EC2? Thanks. > -- www.ariens.ca

