[mod_python] uneven speed results

ml ml at dasir.net
Thu Apr 26 10:55:48 EDT 2007


For a large count of requests it gives some constant reply time. But
rarely visited sites have a long "warm up" (sometimes over 2 seconds)
and that is too much. I'm just curious what makes the difference between
e.g. 150ms and 1500ms respond times.

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Graham Dumpleton napsal(a):
> Using 'ab' with such small numbers of requests always yields
> unreliable results. What do you get if you use 5000-10000 requests?
> 
> Also note that using -k isn't a realistic measure of real world
> performance as no single client is going to trigger large numbers of
> requests over the same connection, so don't use -k when using the
> large number of requests I suggest.
> 
> Graham
> 
> On 26/04/07, ml <ml at dasir.net> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I was wondering why mod_python (3.2.8) has so uneven speed results, e.g.:
>>
>> # ab -k -c1 -n15 some_python_site
>> ...
>> Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
>>   50%    158
>>   66%    161
>>   75%    165
>>   80%    166
>>   90%   1173
>>   95%   1209
>>   98%   1209
>>   99%   1209
>>  100%   1209 (longest request)
>>
>> When I compare it to a PHP it has constant response time on each request.
>> I know that the startup can take some more time but sometimes it takes a
>> longer time when I do refreshing the page in a browser so the startup
>> can't affect the response (I think :-).
>>
>> What all does affect the mod_python runtime?
>>
>> David
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