Could we espect too see this benchmark running TOMCAT on
Unix boxes (Solaris & Sun JDK / Linux & IBM JDK)
Regards
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v�ritable pouvoir"
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Miles Daffin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 12:20 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: tomcat vs orion vs weblogic testing results (Load Runner)
>
>
>> Hi all..
>>
>> I'm doing work load testing on a webapplication built on javascript,
>.JSP:s
>> and EJB:s. We've load tested on many different setups and
>are getting some
>> interesting results:
>>
>> Simulated number of users: 25
>> Computer setup: NT4 sp6, 1 GB RAM, Pentium III ~600 MHz
>> Tomcat setup: 1 ajp12-worker.. (We need out-of-process workers for
>> scalability)
>>
>> <snip>
>> setup1: webserver - apache 1.3.x, jsp - tomcat 3.2b6 (mod_jk.dll)
>> setup2: webserver - weblogic, jsp - weblogic (latest
>versions as of this
>> date)
>> setup3: webserver - orion, jsp - orion (latest versions as
>of this date)
>> <snip>
>>
>> setup2 and setup3 are 8 (eight) times faster in our tests
>(Load Runner).
>> Even if we suspected tomcat to be a bit slower, this is
>truly remarkable..
>> We've tried optimizing Tomcat by:
>> 1. using ajp13 protocol - failed, we're just getting exceptions from
>tomcat
>> 2. reloadable=false - of course
>> 3. fiddling with JVM memory settings - minor improvements
>>
>> Any ideas on what's wrong here? This must be a configuration
>problem. Have
>> anyone else found the same results?
>
>We had similar results here.
>
>There is nothing wrong - Orion, I am reasonably sure, is
>simply a better
>product.
>The drawback is that it aint free. But it's cheaper than WebSphere, for
>example.
>Tomcat is the cheapest, and when you pay peanuts....
>
>Miles
>
>
