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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iij.ad.jp!news.CET.CO.JP!usenet From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 16 Jan 1996 15:33:55 GMT Organization: CATENA Enterprise Technologies Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4dggh3$dsq@diablo.cet.co.jp> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4crnbe$8a@olympus.nwnet.net> <4ctfic$pg8@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM> <4ctl7g$8st@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: a15m.cet.co.jp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Downloading a 125K GIF across a phone line is painful. A Sparc-20 isn't going to help. cjk@omedsrvb.omed.pitt.edu (Carl Joel Kuzmich) wrote: > >Hey folks > >I am in the middle of a similar debate at a company I consult for. They have >installed BSD-2.1 on a Pentium-133 with 128MB of RAM and it is using a >Adaptec controller. The network is a T1 and this is where I have questions. > >They are thinking of "pitching" this in favor of a Sparc-20???? > >Should they do this or stick with what they have. It's only being used as a >Web Server! > >I have asked this before from this group but will ask again at the risk of >insulting those who have cooperated in the past; but could you check out >the site and tell me if you think this box is "adequate" for the job at hand. > >The URL is http://www.sportsfever.com/ > >Is it slow or fast? Is the response time reasonable? When I check the site >out from here at Pitt it seems slow but I can't tell if that's because of >problems at Pitt or with MCI or the box itself??? > >Any and all input will be "greatly" appreciated!! > >-- >Carl Joel Kuzmich (412) 648-1099 | Love is a better teacher than duty | >University of Pittsburgh | - Albert Einstein | >Office of Medical Education >Pittsburgh, PA 15261 -- Mike Hancock michaelh@cet.co.jp