Performance evaluation of Raspberry pi 3B as a web server Meron Istifanos and Israel Tekahun 18-06-2020 Faculty of Computing Blekinge Institute of Technology SE-371 79 Karlskrona Sweden This thesis is submitted to the Faculty of Computing at Blekinge Institute of Tech- nology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the bachelor’s degree in software engineering. The thesis is equivalent to 10 weeks of full-time studies. Contact Information: Author(s): Meron Istifanos E-mail:
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[email protected] University advisor: Dr. Michel Nass Department of Software Engineering Faculty of Computing Internet : www.bth.se Blekinge Institute of Technology Phone : +46 455 38 50 00 SE-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden Fax : +46 455 38 50 57 Abstract Context. During the usage of a product, evaluating its performance quality is a crucial procedure. Web servers are one of the most used technological products in today’s modern world[1]. Thus, in this thesis we will evaluate and compare the performances of two web servers. The servers that are tested in the experiment are a raspberry pi 3B and a personal HP laptop. Objectives. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the performance of a raspberry pi 3B as a web server. In order to give a clearer image of how the rasp- berry pi performs, the laptop will also be evaluated and its performance will be used as a contrast during the study. Realization. To fulfill our objective, an experiment was conducted with the help of a performance testing tool called apache bench.