Load Testing for Apache/httpd

At Web Performance, we work on getting the highest performance levels out of httpd nearly every day. Whether you’re trying to figure out the best httpd.conf settings for ETags or setting up compression, WPLT3™ is the fastest way to get your Apache-based website performing at top levels.

Our advanced server analysis software runs on Linux, which helps us quickly and easily catch operating system level problems.

Linux Server Statistics Collected

Server Process Statistics Memory Statistics
  • CPU Usage
  • Context Switches/Sec
  • Process Queue Length
  • Memory Usage
  • Page Reads/sec
  • Page Writes/sec
Network Statistics Disk Statistics
  • Bytes received/sec
  • Bytes sent/sec
  • Packets received/sec
  • Packets sent/sec
  • Packets Received Errors
  • Packets Sent Errors
  • TCP Connections Established
  • TCP Connection Failures
  • TCP Segments Retransmitted/Sec
  • Network Collisions/Sec
  • Disk I/O Time
  • Service Time
  • Disk Reads/sec
  • Disk Writes/sec
  • Queue Length

Measuring the Performance Effects of mod_deflate in Apache 2.2

Enabling mod_deflate can reduce the bandwidth usage on a particular file by up to 70%, but also reduces the maximum load a server can handle and may actually reduce site performance if the site compresses large dynamic files.

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