Re: [Issue 3980] serf increases server load

On 15.11.2012 14:20, Mark Phippard wrote:
> I thought the latest results show that Serf uses less server CPU? So
> why are we still discussing this aspect? I guess we can stil make
> Serf better here, but it is already better than Neon if this is the
> measuring stick.
>
> If mod_deflate is not used, then Serf uses considerably less CPU than
> Neon but sends significantly more data. If mod_deflate is used, it
> uses slightly more CPU than Neon does (without mod_deflate) and sends
> significantly less data.

This is what I'd expect given HTTPv2 design.

> My main concerns are areas where it may catch server admins unprepared:
>
> * Explosion in HTTP requests == explosion in log file sizes. Even
> with good log rotation, companies that need to retain their logs will
> require a lot more disk storage than they have in the past.

Question: Can we somehow mark those GETs as "less interesting" so that
they can be filtered out of a normal access.log for higher-granularity
debugging?

-- Brane

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Branko Čibej
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