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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!well!miwok!news.zeitgeist.net!usenet From: "Amancio Hasty, Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: "An HTTP software server can pummel a CPU..." Date: 14 Sep 1995 09:56:31 GMT Organization: TLGnet, a division of RGNet, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <438u8f$cok@kadath.zeitgeist.net> References: <gary-1309951409030001@bhb17.acadia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rah.star-gate.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) X-URL: news:gary-1309951409030001@bhb17.acadia.net gary@first.acadia.net (Gary Robinson) wrote: >Hello, > >From an InfoWorld 6/19/95 article: > >"An HTTP software server can pummel a CPU, because there's no mechanism in >any existing server to control the amount of processor time allotted. Ten >users doing SQL questies, for instance, might bring the system to a >standstill while users trying to receive static pages wait." Yeap , this is very true for OSes which don't have priority pre-empted scheduling. For instance, right now I am running a simple program which has a tight loop just chewing up the cpu while I am typing this. Wait let me start five more copies... So much for InfoWorld. Curious which OS was the article referring to ? Tnks, Amancio -- Amancio Hasty Hasty Software Consulting Services Tel: 415-495-3046 Fax: 415-495-3046 Cellular: 415-309-8434 e-mail: hasty@star-gate.com Powered by FreeBSD