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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!cpk-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!news2.cais.com!news.vni.net!cnordin From: cnordin@hq.vni.net (Craig Nordin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Tuning BSD as Web Server (was Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?) Date: 20 Sep 1996 11:59:13 -0400 Organization: Virtual Networks Lines: 41 Message-ID: <cnordin.843234808@news.vni.net> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <jimhill.843028011@kitsune> <51pbm6$97o@web.ddp.state.me.us> <32404E4A.41C6@phoenix.net> <51rsu5$6je@flash.noc.best.net> <WINDLEY.96Sep20085157@margay.cs.byu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hq.vni.net X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27611 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4921 If you value your time, I would not suggest you try to go too far in pursuing the conflicting goals of a large number of virtual web servers and extremely fast performance. If you are good enough to squeeze the last ounce of performance out of a lowly $8,000.00 web server, then it is not worthy of your skills to do so. Seperate those getting the millions of hits per day from those that don't. If someone is doing 4 million hits per day and yet cannot afford their own server, something is wrong with the basic economic model, not the O/S that serves the pages. If someone is getting 4 million hits per day and is not paying a significant amount of money, then someone else is paying for the access and the whole deal is so out-of-whack that you won't find it stable for the long-term. As a research and educational issue, I can see the merit. As a commercial issue, it sounds like a black-hole. -- Jobs - Graphic Arts - Commercial Production -> http://studio.vni.net/jobs/ Virtual Networks Premier Internet Services cnordin@vnii.net Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis Metro http://www.vnii.net/ Indiana Indiana Indiana Washington DC Washington DC Washington DC Metro http://www.vni.net/ Virtual Networks Incorporated Virtual Networks of Indiana, Incorporated Jobs - Graphic Arts - Commercial Production -> http://studio.vni.net/jobs/