Looking for a high performance web server written in Python, and supports CGI/FastCGI

[Tim Williams]

On 07/07/06, Jack <nospam at invalid.com> wrote:
> I just did some testing between CherryPy's web server and lighttpd.
> My test was very simple and I used ab.exe for this purpose.
> CherryPy web server can serve about 140 simple request / second, while
> lighttpd can handle around 400 concurrent requests.
>
> > You haven't really said much about your requirements though.  Perhaps
> > if you describe them in more detail (for example, what does "high
> > performance" mean to you?) someone can make a more useful recommendation.
> >

Karrigell has an async server, in standalone mode it won't be as fast
as lighttpd but its simpler to use and code in than cherrypy.
However, it can also work behind lighttpd,  so you might get a good
mix of server speed and fast development time.

http://www.karrigell.com

HTH :)