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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com!news@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com From: tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com (Thomas Evans) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Date: 17 Sep 1996 15:08:50 -0400 Organization: TCP/IP development Lines: 13 Sender: tjevans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com Message-ID: <m2ybi9ez7h.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> Reply-To: tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.raleigh.ibm.com In-reply-to: Subhas Roy's message of Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:24:29 -0400 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:129638 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27390 comp.infosystems.www.misc:43696 Probably due to the fact NT has special APIs like acceptex() and transmitfile() that offloads more work to kernel and eliminates use of multiple OS calls. Of course they weren't running FreeBSD or Linux I'm sure, SCO perhaps?? I'm sure they didn't tune the system either...folks at ZDnet are pro-microsoft which is the reason I cancel my subscription. Did they provide the benchmarking tool so that others could independently verify their results? Regards, -- Tom Evans tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com Disclaimer: My views are my own, your mileage might vary, taxes are extra, etc