On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 08:47:48AM -0400, pk899 wrote:
> Hi. I notice that nginx with just the location rules and usual
> directives results in mind-blowing performance. Apache Bench test shows
> "115,000 requests per second" can be handled.
>
> However, when I add a simple rule:
>
> if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD|POST)$ ) {
> return 444;
> }
>
> Which I think is important from a point of view of getting rid of so
> much junk that hits any modern server, the requests per second fall to
> "1,200" !!!
>
> Is there any way around this? I would, if possible, prefer that my main
> web server be able to handle such basic stuff.
>
> Welcome any thoughts. Thanks!
>
> Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,202965,202965#msg-202965
>

Well, the test you added includes the regular expression calculations as well.
Can nginx use three simpler exact string matches instead? It may be faster.

Cheers,
Ken

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