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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD References: <409iah$inf@galaxy.ucr.edu> <40alp5$psg@agate.berkeley.edu> <413bkc$3t2@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <1995Aug24.222509.28085@state.systems.sa.gov.au> <DDtp98.AA8@ritz.mordor.com> <41in86$ggc@park.uvsc.edu> Organization: Mordor International Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 02:08:15 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Message-ID: <DDuGLs.DBr@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 41 Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote: : ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) wrote: : ] I'm running a stock 2.0.5R system on an AMD dx2-80 with 16mb RAM as a : ] web server. I got over 300k hits yesterday and the machine was still : ] running at 85-90% idle. I have a feeling that linux would have puked : ] on that kind of network load. : : [ ... ] : : ] My install went like this: : ] : ] create boot disk : ] reboot machine with boot disk : ] run install : ] point the installer at ftp.cdrom.com : ] tell it to install the works : ] go eat lunch : ] come back an hour later and reboot the machine : ] Welcome to FreeBSD : ] : ] The web server was built/configured and in production within 5 hours : ] of starting the above process and has handled several million web : ] hits in since then (maybe 2 weeks ago). I couldn't be more pleased. : ] When I see sites with Sparcs (running slowlaris) being brought to : ] their knees with half of my load I just chuckle. :-) : : [ ... ] : : ] http://www.mordor.com/ : : Where is your "Powered by FreeBSD" logo? : : You should notify the keeper of the "FreeBSD Partners" page and : get your page linked. 8-). Haven't had time yet. :) We've had several customers make the Netscape and other "cool site" pages so I've been a little...er.. busy. :) That little box handled almost 300k hits yesterday. I think it's time to splurge and put another 8mb RAM in it. heh Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451