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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpbs2500.boi.hp.com!hpax!cupnews2.cup.hp.com!raj From: raj@cup.hp.com (Rick Jones) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Date: 28 Sep 1996 00:11:08 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard's Network Computing Division Lines: 8 Distribution: world Message-ID: <52hqes$kph@hpindda.cup.hp.com> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <32423719.6904CE4@julia.de> <51uo7m$bu9@magic.metawire.com> <R.521eb0$8n7@cnn.princeton.edu> <52dkki$9pc@charm.il.ft.hse.nl> <52domq$lig@idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be> Reply-To: raj@cup.hp.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hpindio.cup.hp.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:132157 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28130 comp.infosystems.www.misc:44202 With regard to servers' performance under load, I'm ansiously awaiting SPECweb96 numbers for NT. And Solaris... And Irix... :) Maybe the trade rags can be "encouraged" to use more or less industry standard benchmarks. If nothing else, SPECweb96 does certainly stress the server. rick jones I suspect I need some asbestos... :)