Web Server Performance

Introduction
What to Measure
How to Measure a Web Server
In the Field VS Controlled Experiments
Example: Measuring a Operational Web Server
- connections per second
- bytes per second
- round-trip time
- monitoring the system
Example: Controlled Experiments
Software
Conclusion

Performance of the Web: Browsers and Networks
Client side and Server side
The Network
- Latency
- Bandwidth
- Congestion
Network Protocols and the Web
- DNS
- TCP/IP and HTTP

Performance Analysis
- Overview
- Executing CGI Scripts and Other Programs
- Data Compression and Encryption
- Accessing Documents
Conclusion

Appendix: Performance Data