i made a simple web site with rails, it just serves a web page and sends a query to mysql and shows it - just a simple web application-. i ran all benchmarks from a local networked ubuntu, so benchmarking should not be effecting performance. i ran each benchmark 3 times - to warm it up - and then ran again 3 times, these numbers are last three runs.
i used ruby, mysql from ips stack. i did same tests with thin and mongrel.
first i ran test with 1 process, and then i used nginx to reverse proxy to 4 processes. then i rebooted the machine, and started over in ubuntu 8.10. ruby/mysql/nginx was installed by synaptics - ruby version differs btw, ubuntu comes with ruby 1.8.7 installed and opens solaris (2008.11) comes with ruby 1.8.6.
so as long as the machine is identical - its the same laptop - these numbers may give you a clue.
i am using zones in solaris, first i ran only one thin process, and benchmarked with ab.
ab -n 1000 -c 100 http://192.168.1.209:9690/chat/
single process - thin
Requests per second: 172.14 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 187.11 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 178.25 [#/sec] (mean)
and then i thought if i do this in global zone what will change...
Requests per second: 188.44 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 188.57 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 173.15 [#/sec] (mean)
there was not much difference, so zones are really lightweight. so i didnt repeat the tests in global zone.
anyway, 4 thin process, upstreamed from nginx
Requests per second: 229.80 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 249.45 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 267.92 [#/sec] (mean)
now i wanted to see how mongrel is compared to thin on solaris.
mongrel 1 process
Requests per second: 126.04 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 121.87 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 119.53 [#/sec] (mean)
and mongrel 4 process on opensolaris
Requests per second: 182.07 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 177.18 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 176.31 [#/sec] (mean)
then i rebooted the machine into ubuntu and started again
thin 1 process
Requests per second: 253.94 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 242.28 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 246.67 [#/sec] (mean)
thin 4 process upstreamed by nginx on linux
Requests per second: 336.30 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 326.03 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 320.67 [#/sec] (mean)
mongrel 1 process
Requests per second: 196.33 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 196.13 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 198.44 [#/sec] (mean)
mongrel 4 process upstreamed by nginx
Requests per second: 238.31 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 244.72 [#/sec] (mean)
Requests per second: 233.49 [#/sec] (mean)
so here are the graphs
thin 1 process linux vs. open solaris
thin 4 process linux vs. open solaris
mongrel 1 process
mongrel 4 process
here is the configuration in two operating system
ubuntu linux (8.10)
uname -a :
Linux aybars-laptop 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ruby :
ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [x86_64-linux]
mysql :
mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.67, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2
gems :
thin (1.0.0)
eventmachine (0.12.6)
ventmachine (0.12.6, 0.12.2)
mongrel (1.1.5)
Rails 2.1.1
open solaris (2008.11)
uname -a :
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
mysql:
mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.67, for pc-solaris2.11 (i386) using readline 5.1
ruby:
ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-solaris2.11]
gems:
thin (1.0.0)
mongrel (1.1.5)
eventmachine (0.12.6)
mongrel (1.1.5)
rails (2.1.1)
in conclusion, i have several opinions about this results
1. zones are really lightweight and great
2. two operating systems are installed from stack - no optimization, no hand compiling etc.. so if you install just inserting a cd and boot then ubuntu beats hard. maybe its just because of ruby version or something with flags used to compile ruby, but i guess an operating system is not just the kernel, the components must be optimized and as new as possible.
3. i really am curious why the hell my kernel reports as i386 on solaris, shouldn't it be x86_64 or similar. it didn't ask me about anything, and there is only one iso.
anyway stack version of both systems, ubuntu default installation beats hard open solaris, so i think i will stick to my ubuntus on our servers.
and btw, please take this benchmarks just, as out of the box experience, none of them are optimized.
