I really think the environment itself is not the issue. It was testet on VMWare because it was easier to set-up at the moment. All testing servers had the same conditions, and adding the benchmarking tool to the whole mess did only create more realistic conditions (there is usually a few other services running on the VPS)<br>
<br>Yes, I could do the tests again, removing all disturbing factors (another machine for the benchmarking tool, dedicated box for both of them), but this would only create a perfect conditions for all of the tested software and I'm positive that this would not do anything else than raise the final numbers by same factor for all.<br>
<br>And I think I did a much better job here then most of the developers of the testes software (by the number different of servers used, specifying what hardware I've used and most finally providing the config files...)<br>
<br>About the version: VMWare Workstation 6.0.1 build-55017.<br><br>--<br>Denis <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Denis S. Filimonov <<a href="mailto:den.lists@gmail.com">den.lists@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Thursday 13 March 2008 23:31:27 Cliff Wells wrote:<br>
> On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 19:54 -0500, Denis S. Filimonov wrote:<br>
> > I'm surprised noone has asked the most obvious question yet: Why vmware?<br>
> > It's a huge unknown factor in the measurement which renders the whole<br>
> > experiment questionable at best.<br>
><br>
> I think this is actually a good benchmark specifically because it's in<br>
> VMware (although I think Xen or OpenVZ would have been more<br>
> appropriate). It's not a pure HTTP server test, rather a test of how<br>
> the various servers operate in the constrained environment of a VPS.<br>
> With the massive increase in VPS hosting and the fact that lots of<br>
> people utilizing VPS hosting would benefit from a lightweight HTTP<br>
> server makes this particular benchmark quite useful.<br>
><br>
</div></div>If that was the intent, it should be reflected in the title, because now it's<br>
outright misleading. Also the version of VMWare is essential.<br>
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<font color="#888888">Denis.<br>
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