Yaws (web server)

Yaws (Yet another web server) is a web server written in Erlang by Claes (klacke) Wikström. Yaws can be embedded into other Erlang-based applications or run as a regular standalone web server.[2]

Yaws
Developer(s)Claes Wikström
Stable release
2.0.8[1] / 7 September 2020 (7 September 2020)
Repository
Written inErlang
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeWeb server
LicenseBSD licence
Websiteyaws.hyber.org
The LYME and LYCE software bundles are based on Erlang and comprise Yaws. They are composed entirely of free and open-source software

Because Yaws uses Erlang's lightweight threading system, it performs well under high concurrency. A load test conducted in 2002 comparing Yaws and Apache found that with the hardware tested, Apache 2.0.39 with the worker MPM failed at 4,000 concurrent connections, while Yaws continued functioning with over 80,000 concurrent connections.[3]

The load test concludes,

"The problem with Apache is not related to the Apache code per se but is due to the manner in which the underlying operating system (Linux) implements concurrency. We believe that any system implemented using operating system threads and processes would exhibit similar performance. Erlang does not make use of the underlying OS's threads and processes for managing its own process pool and thus does not suffer from these limitations".[3]

and in the underlined part above (formatting added), expresses the opinion that the founding technologies make the difference in scalability.

See also

References
  1. "Release 2.0.8". 7 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. Steve Vinoski article at the IEEE Internet Computing review, July/August 2011
  3. Ghodsi, Ali. "Apache vs. Yaws". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2007.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Official website
  • Interview with YAWS developer Claes Klacke Wikstrom (OGG or MP3)
  • ErlyWeb – MVC-pattern web framework for Yaws
  • Erlang Web – MVC-pattern web framework Yaws and Inets Erlang/OTP application
  • Nitrogen – An event-driven Web 2.0 framework for Erlang that runs on Yaws, Mochiweb, and Inets


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