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From: Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Linux or Free BSD for WWW server?
Date: 14 Nov 1995 13:46:03 -0500
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>> memory, but I've found that the performance degredation drops off in a
>> far more linear fashion than I've seen with SunOS or Linux.

>    Including Stephen Tweedie's kswap patches?

In my completely subjective experience on mismatched hardware and
different workloads, yes.  The kswap patches to Linux helped a great
deal when I used them, but my FreeBSD box seems to hold up even
better.  I don't know where it gets the extra muscle from, but I love
it.

  -- Robert