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From: Geoff Mohler <gemohler@phoenix.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 23:38:38 -0500
Organization: Phoenix Data Net (713) 486-8337 http://www.phoenix.net
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On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Ron Echeverri wrote:
> Good luck, that's all i can say ;) The SGI Challenge L is a very nice
> piece of hardware, but, unfortunately, that means you'll have to run
> IRIX on it. And, well, like i said, good luck. We're doing that here
> at Best and we've had, to put it as diplomatically as possible, mixed
> results.
Were using IRIX/Challenge for the raw horsepower, and an un-named product
for the web server itself. IRIX has performed well for me in the past.
> Now, FreeBSD ported to the SGI hardware, that would be a dream, but
> it's likely to remain a dream forever...
>
> rone
>
"Nuclear war would really set back cable."
-- Ted Turner
Geoff Mohler
Operations Engineer
Charter Communications/Phoenix Data Net