Jerry, in Win2K talking to the same machine's server, I've observed this.
Using ab on WinNT, testing the Win2K server, I don't see it.
Very odd, I'm certain that the console command window Win32 handlers on
Win2K are interfering, somehow, someway.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: Apache Bench and Wild Fluctuations
> Jerry Baker wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes 2.0.24-dev is faster, and sometimes it is a lot slower using
> > localhost to bench it. Here are the results for 5 test conducted with ab
> > -n 1000 -c 100 http://localhost/:
> >
> > Requests per second: 356.63
> > Requests per second: 206.78
> > Requests per second: 350.39
> > Requests per second: 53.57
> > Requests per second: 74.69
> >
> > Is AB not a good benchmark tool, or is the problem with Apache?
> >
> > --
> > Jerry Baker
>
> Hmmm. I have noticed that when AB slows down that if I give focus to
> another window it speeds up again. Odd.
>
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