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Opera Unite Web Server Benchmarked

Posted by timothy on from the not-bad-for-a-bonus-feature dept.

worb writes "Opera Unite comes with a web server which is supposedly going to 'redefine the web.' But how well does it actually perform? Is it a threat to other server solutions? Someone put it to the test, and published the results. While nginx, one of the fastest web servers available, is 5 times faster, a PHP+Apache+MySQL server is only 2 times as fast. A compiled C++ server, the MadFish WebToolkit, is 6 times faster. He concludes that Opera Unite's server is impressive, and that the others come nowhere close to the ease of use."

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  1. So Opera web browser now runs as a system service? by SpazmodeusG · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So much for Opera being a small, simple, fast web browser. It now has a browser, an email client, a jukebox and a web server all built in.

    Hooray for feature bloat and big monolithic applications that try to do everything!

  2. Re:Still an Epic Fail by TheMiddleRoad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's because nothing gives a Slashdotter a hard-on quicker than the words "Opera" or "Linux".