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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. Re:So Opera web browser now runs as a system servi by BikeHelmet · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is an Alpha or Beta. Opera 9.64 (final) is only 5.3MB large.

    On my computer Firefox consumes way more memory than Opera - but it has so many extensions and plugins installed, that I'd be surprised if it didn't.

  2. Re:Disturbing trend by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Informative

    all of your exchanges pass through Opera's servers first.

    Only if you're behind NAT, and your router isn't configured to allow UPnP.

    Otherwise, individual connections are truly peer-to-peer. Opera servers don't get involved. They are only used to publish the list of services available for your account, not to access them (except for the NAT workaround).