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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!gol2!gol1!not-for-mail From: peter@gol1.gol.com (Peter Evans) 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: 24 Sep 1996 12:11:37 +0900 Organization: Cherry Valley Magic Highschool. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <527jh9$88p@gol1.gol.com> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <51rsu5$6je@flash.noc.best.net> <WINDLEY.96Sep20085157@margay.cs.byu.edu> <Dy33xK.GvE@interactive.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gol1.gol.com X-no-archive: yes Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27833 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4957 bsdi side of this *post. Chris Mauritz <ritz@onyx.interactive.net> wrote: >In comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Phillip J. Windley <windley@lal.cs.byu.edu> wrote: >: I'm convinced (by my gut) that BSD (free or not) can support large numbers >: of hits on a web server only with some fine tuning. The same is probably >: true of the web server as well (Aliasing is done, for example, using a >: linear search---thus slowing down *every* hit). >: Anyone with experience in this who is willing to share tips on tuning BSD >: to handle hundreds of hits per second? our user's server is currently at around 400khits/day its not straining at all unless you count bulging log files. P90, lots of ram, about 20 httpds lurking around. BSDi 2.1 with some patches and the standard apache that came with it. >Sure. Check out www.bsdi.com. There are a couple of pages that >talk about various tuning steps you can take to make a higher >performance web box. I think the best one is probably "retire apache" and use a decent server that doesnt spawn itself left right and silly. I quite like spinner, or roxen, or whatever it is called today. (http://www.roxen.com/ ??) Peter ----* -- Magical Hop Step - \\ Global OnLine Japan Izady Ab Mehinamm Eto Cafe Nan!! \\ Engineering Dept ^ o \\ Shama-P - Legend of the OverCute. \\ [31337 Squadron] U \Beh! \\ "Otoko ha Tsuyoku, Onna ha Yasashiku ..." (yappa muri ka na)