Here is a better set of data:<br><br>HEAD<br>ab2 -n20 <a href="http://head.example.com/|">http://head.example.com/|</a> egrep &quot;^Req|^Time&quot;<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.16209 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
19.68 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.810 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.810 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.11599 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.77
 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.580 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.580 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.10162 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.80 [#/sec] (mean)
<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.508 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.508 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.14755 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.71 [#/sec] (mean)<br>
Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.738 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.738 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.11669 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.77 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
50.583 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50.583 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>5<br>ab2 -n20 <a href="http://5.example.com/|">http://5.example.com/|</a> egrep &quot;^Req|^Time&quot;<br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 
2.672659 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.48 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 133.633 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 133.633 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 
1.87295 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.39 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 54.365 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 54.365 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.55900
 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.94 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 52.795 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 52.795 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.887638 seconds
<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 22.53 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 44.382 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 44.382 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.90529 seconds<br>
Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.34 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 54.526 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 54.526 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br><br>And here are two tests with 1000 requests each:
<br><br>ab2 -n1000 <a href="http://head.example.com/|">http://head.example.com/|</a> egrep &quot;^Req|^Time&quot;<br>Completed 100 requests<br>Completed 200 requests<br>Completed 300 requests<br>Completed 400 requests<br>
Completed 500 requests<br>Completed 600 requests<br>Completed 700 requests<br>Completed 800 requests<br>Completed 900 requests<br>Finished 1000 requests<br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.209431 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
30.11 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.209 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.209 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br>ab2 -n1000 <a href="http://5.example.com/|">http://5.example.com/|</a>
 egrep &quot;^Req|^Time&quot;<br>Completed 100 requests<br>Completed 200 requests<br>Completed 300 requests<br>Completed 400 requests<br>Completed 500 requests<br>Completed 600 requests<br>Completed 700 requests<br>Completed 800 requests
<br>Completed 900 requests<br>Finished 1000 requests<br>Time taken for tests:&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.155010 seconds<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 26.91 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.155 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.155
 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Khalid Baheyeldin</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Here are my results. <br><br>Drupal 5, is today&#39;s checkout, HEAD is also today&#39;s checkout.<br><br>Used ab2 -n20 <a href="http://5.example.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://5.example.com</a><br>HEAD<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.78 [#/sec] (mean)
<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.93 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.81 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.85 [#/sec] (mean)<br><br>Used ab2 -n20 <a href="http://head.example.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://head.example.com
</a><br>Drupal 5<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.58 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 21.73 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.35 [#/sec] (mean)<br>Requests per second:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 28.12 [#/sec] (mean)<br><br>Server is an AMD 64 3000+ with a SATA 7200 Disk with 1GB RAM
<br>Ubuntu Edgy 6.10, Apache 2.0.55, MySQL 5.0.24, PHP 5.1.6<div><span class="e" id="q_1111f2fff7c9cd33_1"><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Karoly Negyesi</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:karoly@negyesi.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
karoly@negyesi.net</a>&gt; wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">It is there. Please try enabling all core modules in Drupal 5 and bench the front page as anon. Then try the same in Drupal 
6-dev.I am really interested in results.<br><br>&gt; In particular, we need benchmarking help, soon I will post a simpler version which does a permission check for every menu item. I wonder how bad that is...<br>&gt;<br>
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