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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:706 comp.os.linux.networking:11056 Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!access2!trident From: trident@access2.digex.net (Trident Systems) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.networking Subject: Re: optimal system for WWW server? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.networking Date: 8 Aug 1995 23:24:09 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA Lines: 11 Message-ID: <408rmp$fbu@news4.digex.net> References: <ERICDING.95Jul28142614@gaston.mit.edu> <3vbp0p$ddo@inews.sc.intel.com> <DD03C3.IqH@info.swan.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: access2-2.digex.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Alan Cox (iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk) wrote: : In article <3vbp0p$ddo@inews.sc.intel.com> mwilley@xws181.sc.intel.com (Mark F Willey) writes: : >Well, your ethernet card is going to be faster than the ISDN link, so that's not : >it... I'd get a pentium (100++) with PCI everything, SCSI disks, PCI ethernet. : Grossout way to spend too much money. Web server is where to put your : surplus 486 boxes. We're running out Web server from a 486SX and it works just fine for 50+ connections a day (not great but decent considering we didn't spend much on it).