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    I had tested a hello world web server in C, Erlang, Java and the Go programming language.
    * C, use the well-known high performance web server nginx, with a hello world nginx module
    * Erlang/OTP
    * Java, using the MINA 2.0 framework, now the JBoss Netty framework.
    * Go, http://golang.org/

    1. Test environment

    1.1 Hardware/OS

    2 Linux boxes in a gigabit ethernet LAN, 1 server and 1 test client
    Linux Centos 5.2 64bit
    Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410  @ 2.33GHz (L2 cache: 6M), Quad-Core * 2
    8G memory
    SCSI disk (standalone disk, no other access)

    1.2 Software version

    nginx, nginx-0.7.63.tar.gz
    Erlang, otp_src_R13B02-1.tar.gz
    Java, jdk-6u17-linux-x64.bin, mina-2.0.0-RC1.tar.gz, netty-3.2.0.ALPHA1-dist.tar.bz2
    Go, hg clone -r release https://go.googlecode.com/hg/ $GOROOT (Nov 12, 2009)

    1.3 Source code and configuration

    Linux, run sysctl -p

    net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
    net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
    net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
    kernel.sysrq = 0
    kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
    net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
    kernel.msgmnb = 65536
    kernel.msgmax = 65536
    kernel.shmmax = 68719476736
    kernel.shmall = 4294967296
    kernel.panic = 1
    net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 8192	873800	8738000
    net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096	655360	6553600
    net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024	65000
    net.core.rmem_max = 16777216
    net.core.wmem_max = 16777216

    # ulimit -n
    150000

    C: ngnix hello world module, copy the code ngx_http_hello_module.c from http://timyang.net/web/nginx-module/

    in nginx.conf, set “worker_processes  1; worker_connections 10240″ for 1 cpu test, set “worker_processes  4; worker_connections 2048″ for multi-core cpu test. Turn off all access or debug log in nginx.conf, as follows

    worker_processes  1;
    worker_rlimit_nofile 10240;
    events {
        worker_connections  10240;
    }
    http {
        include       mime.types;
        default_type  application/octet-stream;
        sendfile        on;
        keepalive_timeout  0;
        server {
            listen       8080;
            server_name  localhost;
            location / {
                root   html;
                index  index.html index.htm;
            }
              location /hello {
                ngx_hello_module;
                hello 1234;
            }
    
            error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
            location = /50x.html {
                root   html;
            }
        }
    }

    $ taskset -c 1 ./nginx or $ taskset -c 1-7 ./nginx

    Erlang hello world server
    The source code is available at yufeng’s blog, see http://blog.yufeng.info/archives/105
    Just copy the code after “cat ehttpd.erl”, and compile it.

    $ erlc ehttpd.erl
    $ taskset -c 1 erl +K true +h 99999 +P 99999 -smp enable +S 2:1 -s ehttpd
    $ taskset -c 1-7 erl +K true -s ehttpd
    We use taskset to limit erlang vm to use only 1 CPU/core or use all CPU cores. The 2nd line is run in single CPU mode, and the 3rd line is run in multi-core CPU mode.

    Java source code, save the 2 class as HttpServer.java and HttpProtocolHandler.java, and do necessary import.

    public class HttpServer {
        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
            SocketAcceptor acceptor = new NioSocketAcceptor(4);
            acceptor.setReuseAddress( true );
    
    		int port = 8080;
    		String hostname = null;
    		if (args.length > 1) {
    			hostname = args[0];
    			port = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
    		}
    
            // Bind
            acceptor.setHandler(new HttpProtocolHandler());
            if (hostname != null)
            	acceptor.bind(new InetSocketAddress(hostname, port));
            else
            	acceptor.bind(new InetSocketAddress(port));
    
            System.out.println("Listening on port " + port);
            Thread.currentThread().join();
        }
    }
    
    public class HttpProtocolHandler extends IoHandlerAdapter {
        public void sessionCreated(IoSession session) {
            session.getConfig().setIdleTime(IdleStatus.BOTH_IDLE, 10);
            session.setAttribute(SslFilter.USE_NOTIFICATION);
        }
    
        public void sessionClosed(IoSession session) throws Exception {}
        public void sessionOpened(IoSession session) throws Exception {}
        public void sessionIdle(IoSession session, IdleStatus status) {}
        public void exceptionCaught(IoSession session, Throwable cause) {
            session.close(true);
        }
    
        static IoBuffer RESULT = null;
    	public static String HTTP_200 = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 13\r\n\r\n" +
    			"hello world\r\n";
    	static {
        	RESULT = IoBuffer.allocate(32).setAutoExpand(true);
        	RESULT.put(HTTP_200.getBytes());
        	RESULT.flip();
        }
        public void messageReceived(IoSession session, Object message)
                throws Exception {
            if (message instanceof IoBuffer) {
            	IoBuffer buf = (IoBuffer) message;
            	int c = buf.get();
            	if (c == 'G' || c == 'g') {
            		session.write(RESULT.duplicate());
            	}
            	session.close(false);
            }
        }
    }

    Nov 24 update Because the above Mina code doesn’t parse HTTP request and handle the necessary HTTP protocol, replaced with org.jboss.netty.example.http.snoop.HttpServer from Netty example, but removed all the string builder code from HttpRequestHandler.messageReceived() and just return a “hello world” result in HttpRequestHandler.writeResponse(). Please read the source code and the Netty documentation for more information.

    $ taskset -c 1-7 \
    java -server -Xmx1024m -Xms1024m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -classpath . test.HttpServer 192.168.10.1 8080

    We use taskset to limit java only use cpu1-7, and not use cpu0, because we want cpu0 dedicate for system call(Linux use CPU0 for network interruptions).

    Go language, source code

    package main
    import (
       "http";
        "io";
    )
    func HelloServer(c *http.Conn, req *http.Request) {
        io.WriteString(c, "hello, world!\n");
    }
    func main() {
         runtime.GOMAXPROCS(8); // 8 cores
         http.Handle("/", http.HandlerFunc(HelloServer));
         err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil);
        if err != nil {
            panic("ListenAndServe: ", err.String())
        }
    }

    $ 6g httpd2.go
    $ 6l httpd2.6
    $ taskset -c 1-7 ./6.out

    1.4 Performance test client

    ApacheBench client, for 30, 100, 1,000, 5,000 concurrent threads
    ab -c 30 -n 1000000 http://192.168.10.1:8080/
    ab -c 100 -n 1000000 http://192.168.10.1:8080/
    1000 thread, 334 from 3 different machine
    ab -c 334 -n 334000 http://192.168.10.1:8080/
    5000 thread, 1667 from 3 different machine
    ab -c 1667 -n 334000 http://192.168.10.1:8080/

    2. Test results

    2.1 request per second

    30 (threads) 100 1,000 5,000
    Nginx html(1C) 21,301 21,331 23,746 23,502
    Nginx module(1C) 25,809 25,735 30,380 29,667
    Nginx module(Multi-core) 25,057 24,507 31,544 33,274
    Erlang(1C) 11,585 12,367 12,852 12,815
    Erlang(Multi-Core) 15,101 20,255 26,468 25,865
    Java, Mina2(without HTTP parse)
    30,631 26,846 31,911 31,653
    Java, Netty 24,152 24,423 25,487 25,521
    Go 14,080 14,748 15,799 16,110

    c_erlang_java_go
    2.2 latency, 99% requests within(ms)

    30 100 1,000 5,000
    Nginx html(1C) 1 4 42 3,079
    Nginx module(1C) 1 4 32 3,047
    Nginx module(Multi-core) 1 6 205 3,036
    Erlang(1C) 3 8 629 6,337
    Erlang(Multi-Core) 2 7 223 3,084
    Java, Netty 1 3 3 3,084
    Go 26 33 47 9,005

    3. Notes

    * On large concurrent connections, C, Erlang, Java no big difference on their performance, results are very close.
    * Java runs better on small connections, but the code in this test doesn’t parse the HTTP request header (the MINA code).
    * Although Mr. Yu Feng (the Erlang guru in China) mentioned that Erlang performance better on single CPU(prevent context switch), but the result tells that Erlang has big latency(> 1S) under 1,000 or 5,000 connections.
    * Go language is very close to Erlang, but still not good under heavy load (5,000 threads)
    After redo 1,000 and 5,000 tests on Nov 18
    * Nginx module is the winner on 5,000 concurrent requests.
    * Although there is improvement space for Go, Go has the same performance from 30-5,000 threads.
    * Erlang process is impressive on large concurrent request, still as good as nginx (5,000 threads).

    4. Update Log

    Nov 12, change nginx.conf work_connections from 1024 to 10240
    Nov 13, add runtime.GOMAXPROCS(8); to go’s code, add sysctl -p env
    Nov 18, realized that ApacheBench itself is a bottleneck under 1,000 or 5,000 threads, so use 3 clients from 3 different machines to redo all tests of 1,000 and 5,000 concurrent tests.
    Nov 24, use Netty with full HTTP implementation to replace Mina 2 for the Java web server. Still very fast and low latency after added HTTP handle code.

    如想及时阅读Tim Yang的文章,可通过页面右上方扫码订阅最新更新。

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    127 Comments  »

    1. Graham

      The Go GC probably accounts for much of the difference here. The Go garbage collector, by the language designers own admission, needs some improvements.

      You should easily see 20k+ requests/sec on a quad core cpu with the garbage collector turned off. While running the test with the GC off is not really valid, it does give a clear indication where there is *lots* of room for improvement and does give a hint of what the language ought to be capable off given time to mature.

      You could test this with:

      export GOGC=off && taskset -c 1-7 ./6.out

      I guess you’ll need somewhere between 1-2Gb of system RAM with the GC turned off.

    2. Falcon

      I hope you include node.js in the next version of this fantastically useful performance test.

    3. rivercheng

      The Go program cannot be compiled.
      ‘runtime’ should be imported.
      ‘panic’ only takes one argument now.
      Moreover, now ‘;’s are not necessary.

      You used taskset -c 1-7, but in the code
      runtime.GOMAXPROCS(8); // 8 cores

    4. rivercheng

      The Go program cannot be compiled.
      ‘runtime’ should be imported.
      ‘panic’ only takes one argument now.
      Moreover, the ‘;’s at the end of each statement are not necessary now.

      You used taskset -c 1-7, but in the code
      “runtime.GOMAXPROCS(8); // 8 cores”
      How about chang ‘8’ to ‘7’ too?

    5. victor

      hi timyang, very good article.

      Could tell me which tools do You use to get the results and graphics?

      Thank you very much

      Victor

    6. Tim

      to vcitor:
      excel

    7. Great test. Interesting how well Java stands in these tests. At the level of C performance with much higher level features.

      What would really really make the picture perfect is adding the node.js hello world. (It’s on the front page of http://nodejs.org/). People talk very highly about it’s performance, but I don’t know how it would stack-up to these top speed platforms.

      It probably can’t be faster than compiled Go, and even go is relatively “bad” in this company.

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    9. Broofa

      +1 for adding node.js to the list here.

    10. Too bad you did not include G-WAN in your test:

      http://gwan.ch/

      Not only G-WAN’s C scripts are much easier to write than the ‘modules’ of other servers, but they execute much faster.

      Here is the (10-line) source code of an hello world sample:

      http://gwan.ch/en_developers.html

      And many other samples (SQL, etc.) are there:

      http://gwan.ch/source/

    11. homi nauter

      Would like to see node.js included!

    12. I saw a test of node.js vs Erlang somewhere else, and in that test node.js had memory leak issues. For me there’s no question, Erlang is better and more reliable then node.js for high load services.

    13. ivictus

      Excellent work.

      Go-lang must stay on improvement way.

    14. Simon

      Tim: I’d love to see run-time memory usage added to the results of the test.

      homi nauter:

      I tested node.js here: http://simonhf.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/node-js-versus-lua-hello-world-postmortem/
      And nginx here: http://simonhf.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/nginx-versus-sxe-hello-world/

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      Node.js = cancer. If you use that piece of crap for any sizable project you have much bigger problems than performance.

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      Interesting comparison. Can you rerun it now that Go get a new GC?

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      Very interested in seeing updated Go performance!

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