C++ Socket Server - Unable to saturate CPU

Question

I\'ve developed a mini HTTP server in C++, using boost::asio, and now I\'m load testing it with multiple clients and I\'ve been unable to get close to saturating the CPU. I

Answer 1

230 requests/sec seems very low for such simple async requests. As such, using multiple threads is probably premature optimisation - get it working properly and tuned in a single thread, and see if you still need them. Just getting rid of un-needed locking may get things up to speed.

This article has some detail and discussion on I/O strategies for web server-style performance circa 2003. Anyone got anything more recent?