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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:10535 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:13145 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3840 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!uknet!info!iialan From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iifeak.swan.ac.uk Message-ID: <DC86Mv.Bwx@info.swan.ac.uk> Sender: news@info.swan.ac.uk Organization: Institute For Industrial Information Technology References: <3ukbb9$7ao@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <3uo1mt$5uv@picard.cistron.nl> <3upm66$ev@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 14:52:07 GMT Lines: 21 In article <3upm66$ev@agate.berkeley.edu> jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >on ftp.cdrom.com. I can easily make the machine thrash its guts >out by bumping the limit up to 500 since the physical limitations >of RAM vs swap are always there, regardless of the OS. For every >10 users you add, you can see (and feel) a very measurable difference >in system load! Factor in the size of the ftp client. Amazing the difference that makes. >I'm not saying that this is prima-facie evidence that FreeBSD beats >Linux, far from it. I'm saying that in all such comparisons, regardless >of the conclusion reached, you need to make sure you're comparing >apples with apples. 125 users does not in any way compare to 300, Anyone want to try 125 or 300 people on the same sized boxes running SCO 8) -- ..-----------,,----------------------------,,----------------------------,, // Alan Cox // iialan@www.linux.org.uk // GW4PTS@GB7SWN.#45.GBR.EU // ``----------'`----------------------------'`----------------------------'' Redistribution of this message via the Microsoft Network is prohibited