Apache <=> NGINX benchmark

Requirements

• Vagrant
• NFS
• Vagrant reload plugin vagrant plugin install vagrant-reload

Config

The NGINX and Apache configuration are matched as much as possible, so to have a balanced comparison.

One penalty on Apache is the CentOS version is not able to use Unix Sockets.

PHP 7.1

• default configuration

PHP-FPM

• max_children = 1000

Apache

• using module mpm_event with params:
  • StartServers 1
  • MaxRequestWorkers 1280
• using FastCGI with TCP port (due to version not supporting using socket, performance penalty)
• disable others not required modules (cgi, lua)

NGINX

• Almost out-of-the-box configuration
• FastCGI with Unix Socket
• Worker connections rose up to 5120

Usage

• vagrant up
• vagrant ssh
• cd apache-nginx-benchmark\tests
• ./nginx.sh; ./apache.sh
• ./generate_report.r

The VM it might crash with Apache and it will not be able to finish the tests, still need to fix a minor configuration for load testing.

link to reports

The reports are missing some extra information that might be useful like memory consumption, CPU clocks, cores, etc...

It helps to identify better the results. Even the OS is important, because Apache Web Server in CentOS was slightly penalized for UNIX socket not available. here the report:

• CentOS7