Number of Requests Apache can handle (Ajax)

Question

What to do: To create a multiplayer ("realtime" like) browsergame with lets say +- 12 players, I want to use Ajax for asyncronous requests to Apache.

Question: How should the requesting for the game updates be implemented? Is it recommended to eg that each client requests (POST) the full game status from the server every 250ms / 500ms / Xms? Can Apache handle this? There will be individual client requests additionally (mouse clicks etc.).

Example, request amount per second:

12 x 4 + 12 x 4 = 96 req/sec to apache and back

[Each player automatically updates 4 times a second and approx. clicks 4 times a second]

Add: I know it is not scalable. There is a fix limit of players. Technologies: PHP, Mysql, jquery

Answer 1

I think that asyncronous HTTP is not the best solution for this. Try COMET instead.

Answer 2

看看Ajax Push Engine： http : //www.ape-project.org/

Answer 3

To find out what is the responce capability of Apache you can run a stress test. This will show you what is the exact ammount of responces Apache can hanlde