How accurate is apache benchmark?
- by matthewsteiner
Alright, so I'm in development right now and I'd like to understand exactly how good the benchmarks are. I've just been using apache benchmark. Do they include the server sending the files?
Also, is "requests per second" literally how many users can visit the page within one second? If it's at 30 requests per second, can literally 30 people be refreshing pages every second and the server will be fine?
It seems like a lot to me. I know a lot of people get way better stats out of their servers, but I haven't done much optimization yet.
Also, will increasing your ram increase you rps linearly? I have 512mb, so if I upgrade to 1gb, would that mean I'd get about 60 rps?
How does concurrency affect your rps?