| *siege -b -t30s -c5 http://wp1.localhost* ** SIEGE 2.68 ** Preparing 5 concurrent users for battle. The server is now under siege... Lifting the server siege... done. Transactions: 788 hits Availability: 100.00 % Elapsed time: 29.27 secs Data transferred: 1.66 MB Response time: *0.18 secs* Transaction rate: *26.92 trans/sec* Throughput: 0.06 MB/sec Concurrency: 4.97 Successful transactions: 788 Failed transactions: 0 Longest transaction: 0.65 Shortest transaction: 0.07]]> | *siege -b -t30s -c5 http://wp2.localhost* ** SIEGE 2.68 ** Preparing 5 concurrent users for battle. The server is now under siege... Lifting the server siege... done. Transactions: 851 hits Availability: 100.00 % Elapsed time: 29.55 secs Data transferred: 1.80 MB Response time: *0.17 secs* Transaction rate: *28.80 trans/sec* Throughput: 0.06 MB/sec Concurrency: 4.97 Successful transactions: 851 Failed transactions: 0 Longest transaction: 0.52 Shortest transaction: 0.06 ]]> Not super-impressive results. What else can we do to go faster without crippling the application?