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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!online.no!nntp-oslo.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!not-for-mail From: sthaug@nethelp.no (Steinar Haug) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Date: 29 Sep 1996 09:24:39 GMT Organization: Nethelp Consulting, Trondheim, Norway Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <52lf8n$2ko@verdi.nethelp.no> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <3246D415.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> <Pine.BSF.3.91.960923200853.12260C-100000@dyslexic.phoenix.net> <Dy91KF.IMA@interactive.net> <52am8g$fvs@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <$oVmqBAydTTyEw9t@senator.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: aun.uninett.no In-reply-to: Gavin Estey's message of Sat, 28 Sep 1996 15:34:26 +0100 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:132377 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28208 comp.infosystems.www.misc:44228 [Gavin Estey] | >But how would you share the data between them? Unless you buy a RAID array | >for each machine, you'll have to use NFS or something. If you factor in | >20 gigs of drive for each ppro, you'll have a hard time buying 10. | | Why would you want 20 gig on just one machine. You could have 10 | machines each with serving 2 gig. 10 machines could give you higher reliability than one machine. It will *certainly* give you higher administration costs. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no