Performance error with HTTPWebRequest on server 2008 (excellent on xp)

I developed a .net 3.5 application that uses HTTPWebRequest to retrieve data from a suppliers web server and then returns an XML document. On my own workstation, which is xp (32 bit), it works very fast.

On the server, this is much slower. A 16k response from a provider takes at best 20-30 seconds, whereas on my PC it takes 1 second.

A server is a 64-bit virtual machine running Windows Server 2008 on ESX. I have an Internet explorer installed on a server and having the same request in IE, unlike my application, the page loads at the same time as on my workstation.

The code is as follows:

private static XElement FetchXml(string uri)
{
    int retryInterval = 500;

    for (int retry = 1; retry < RETRY_MAX; ++retry)
    {
        Stopwatch stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();

        try
        {
            var request = HttpWebRequest.Create(uri);

            request.Proxy = new WebProxy("<the corporate proxy>", 8080);

            // 3 minute timeout on individual web requests
            request.Timeout = 1000 * 60 * 3;

            using (var response = request.GetResponse())
            {
                using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream())
                {
                    using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
                    {
                        XElement xml = XElement.Load(reader);
                        //log.InfoFormat("Fetched (Uri={0}, Size={1} bytes, Elapsed={2:N2}s).", uri, xml.ToString().Length, stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
                        return xml;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //log.ErrorFormat("Error fetching Xml (Uri={0}) : {1}", uri, ex.Message);
        }
        //log.InfoFormat("Retrying fetch after interval (Attempt#={0}, Interval={1}s)",
        //  retry, (double)retryInterval/1000);

        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(retryInterval);

        // Back off for next retry if it occurs.
        retryInterval *= 2;
    }

    string msg = String.Format("Error fetching Xml - exhausted maximum retries (Uri={0}, MaxRetries={1}).",
        uri,
        RETRY_MAX);     

    throw new ApplicationException(msg);
}

I checked all of the following, having spent yesterday researching the problem:

ServicePointManager.CheckCertificateRevocationList = false;
ServicePointManager.DefaultConnectionLimit = 65000;
ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;

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XP:

HTTP:Request, GET http://xml.vendor.com/datapage/, Query:version=6.0
HTTP:Response, HTTP/1.1, Status: Ok, URL: http://xml.vendor.com/datapage/
HTTP:HTTP Payload, URL: http://xml.vendor.com/datapage/
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=2192, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3206279401, Ack=33242842, Win=64512 (scale factor 0x0) = 64512
 TCP:[Continuation to #915]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=2192, PayloadLen=1360, Seq=33242842 - 33244202, Ack=3206279401, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:[Continuation to #915]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=2192, PayloadLen=1360, Seq=33244202 - 33245562, Ack=3206279401, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=2192, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3206279401, Ack=33245562, Win=64512 (scale factor 0x0) = 64512
 TCP:[Continuation to #915]Flags=...AP..., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=2192, PayloadLen=557, Seq=33245562 - 33246119, Ack=3206279401, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535 
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=2192, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3206279401, Ack=33246119, Win=63955 (scale factor 0x0) = 63955

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HTTP:Request, GET http://xml.vendor.com/datapage/, Query:version=6.0
HTTP:Response, HTTP/1.1, Status: Ok, URL: http://xml.vendor.com/datapage/
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24013122, Win=255 (scale factor 0x8) = 65280
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=255, Seq=24013122 - 24013377, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24013377, Win=254 (scale factor 0x8) = 65024
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=254, Seq=24013377 - 24013631, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24013631, Win=253 (scale factor 0x8) = 64768
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=253, Seq=24013631 - 24013884, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24013884, Win=252 (scale factor 0x8) = 64512
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=252, Seq=24013884 - 24014136, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24014136, Win=251 (scale factor 0x8) = 64256
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=251, Seq=24014136 - 24014387, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24014387, Win=256 (scale factor 0x8) = 65536
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=256, Seq=24014387 - 24014643, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24014643, Win=255 (scale factor 0x8) = 65280
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=255, Seq=24014643 - 24014898, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24014898, Win=254 (scale factor 0x8) = 65024
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=254, Seq=24014898 - 24015152, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24015152, Win=253 (scale factor 0x8) = 64768
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=253, Seq=24015152 - 24015405, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24015405, Win=252 (scale factor 0x8) = 64512 
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=252, Seq=24015405 - 24015657, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24015657, Win=251 (scale factor 0x8) = 64256
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=251, Seq=24015657 - 24015908, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24015908, Win=256 (scale factor 0x8) = 65536
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=256, Seq=24015908 - 24016164, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24016164, Win=255 (scale factor 0x8) = 65280
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=255, Seq=24016164 - 24016419, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24016419, Win=254 (scale factor 0x8) = 65024
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=254, Seq=24016419 - 24016673, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24016673, Win=253 (scale factor 0x8) = 64768
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=253, Seq=24016673 - 24016926, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24016926, Win=252 (scale factor 0x8) = 64512
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=252, Seq=24016926 - 24017178, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24017178, Win=251 (scale factor 0x8) = 64256
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=251, Seq=24017178 - 24017429, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24017429, Win=256 (scale factor 0x8) = 65536
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=256, Seq=24017429 - 24017685, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24017685, Win=255 (scale factor 0x8) = 65280
 TCP:[Continuation to #192]Flags=...AP..., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=58401, PayloadLen=181, Seq=24017685 - 24017866, Ack=3779234716, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=58401, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=3779234716, Ack=24017866, Win=254 (scale factor 0x8) = 65024

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HTTP:Request, GET http://xml.vendor.com/datapage/, Query:version=6.0
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=53132, PayloadLen=0, Seq=20851875, Ack=2273238303, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
HTTP:Response, HTTP/1.1, Status: Ok, URL: http://xml.vendor.com/datapage/
HTTP:HTTP Payload, URL: http://xml.vendor.com/datapage/
 TCP:[Continuation to #345]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=53132, PayloadLen=1360, Seq=20853598 - 20854958, Ack=2273238303, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:[Continuation to #345]Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=53132, PayloadLen=1360, Seq=20854958 - 20856318, Ack=2273238303, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:[Continuation to #345]Flags=...AP..., SrcPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), DstPort=53132, PayloadLen=557, Seq=20856318 - 20856875, Ack=2273238303, Win=65535 (scale factor 0x0) = 65535
 TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=53132, DstPort=HTTP Alternate(8080), PayloadLen=0, Seq=2273238303, Ack=20856875, Win=16425 (scale factor 0x2) = 65700

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Looking at your capture, it seems that your client's TCP code advertises a TCP port of 255 bytes for the server. Therefore, the target proxy sends only 255 max.

Is this a console application where you use your code? Is it possible that some other code resizes the TCP window?

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/1796293/


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