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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!usenet 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 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 12 Sender: rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com Message-ID: <87ohuft4pg.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> References: <47oul2$35j@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <1995Nov8.200134.21191@loretta.la.ca.us> <47r28k$tru@dns.crocker.com> <30A23A1A.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <485ogn$m8i@yage.tembel.org> <MICHAELV.95Nov12223004@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: interbev.mindspring.com In-reply-to: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com's message of 13 Nov 1995 06:30:02 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.10 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:19475 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:8691 comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix:6327 >> 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