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Static file server example
- Serves files from the given directory.
- Supports transparent response compression.
- Supports byte range responses.
- Generates directory index pages.
- Supports TLS (aka SSL or HTTPS).
- Supports virtual hosts.
- Exports various stats on /stats path.
How to build
make
How to run
./fileserver -h
./fileserver -addr=tcp.addr.to.listen:to -dir=/path/to/directory/to/serve
fileserver vs nginx performance comparison
Serving default nginx path (/usr/share/nginx/html on ubuntu).
nginx
$ ./wrk -t 4 -c 16 -d 10 http://localhost:80 Running 10s test @ http://localhost:80 4 threads and 16 connections Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev Latency 397.76us 1.08ms 20.23ms 95.19% Req/Sec 21.20k 2.49k 31.34k 79.65% 850220 requests in 10.10s, 695.65MB read Requests/sec: 84182.71 Transfer/sec: 68.88MBfileserver
$ ./wrk -t 4 -c 16 -d 10 http://localhost:8080 Running 10s test @ http://localhost:8080 4 threads and 16 connections Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev Latency 447.99us 1.59ms 27.20ms 94.79% Req/Sec 37.13k 3.99k 47.86k 76.00% 1478457 requests in 10.02s, 1.03GB read Requests/sec: 147597.06 Transfer/sec: 105.15MB
8 pipelined requests
nginx
$ ./wrk -s pipeline.lua -t 4 -c 16 -d 10 http://localhost:80 -- 8 Running 10s test @ http://localhost:80 4 threads and 16 connections Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev Latency 1.34ms 2.15ms 30.91ms 92.16% Req/Sec 33.54k 7.36k 108.12k 76.81% 1339908 requests in 10.10s, 1.07GB read Requests/sec: 132705.81 Transfer/sec: 108.58MBfileserver
$ ./wrk -s pipeline.lua -t 4 -c 16 -d 10 http://localhost:8080 -- 8 Running 10s test @ http://localhost:8080 4 threads and 16 connections Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev Latency 2.08ms 6.33ms 88.26ms 92.83% Req/Sec 116.54k 14.66k 167.98k 69.00% 4642226 requests in 10.03s, 3.23GB read Requests/sec: 462769.41 Transfer/sec: 329.67MB