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From: "Nathan J. Kurz" <nate@tripod.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: 8 Nov 1995 20:00:20 GMT
Organization: Tripod, Inc.
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bisbey@loretta.la.ca.us (Richard Bisbey II) wrote:
>Peter Seibel (seibel@mojones.com) wrote:
>> <should I go with Linux or FreeBSD for a web server>
>
>FreeBSD youth.net 2.0.950412-SNAP FreeBSD 2.0.950412-SNAP #0: Thu Apr 13
>12:01AM up 87 days, 9:51, 1 user, load averages: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes, but this is really a seperate question. I'm sure that both Linux and
FreeBSD do fine on an unloaded server -- they are both reliable operating
systems at this point. The worries I have are what happens when the machine
is loaded down with silly CGI programs and serving out T1's worth of data. We
are using SunOS now, and I know for a fact that it _flails_ once the load on
the machine becomes significant - it just doesn't take any new connections.
So what's going to happen when the server is getting pummeled? Is the Linux
tcp/ip handling weak under load, or is this something that has been fixed
years ago?
Thanks!
nate@tripod.com
http://www.tripod.com