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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!library.clarkson.edu!craft.clarkson.edu!not-for-mail From: komarimf@craft.clarkson.edu (Mark Komarinski) 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: 1 Oct 1996 17:31:26 GMT Organization: Clarkson University Lines: 36 Distribution: world Message-ID: <52rkhe$d62@library.clarkson.edu> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <Dy91KF.IMA@interactive.net> <52am8g$fvs@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <$oVmqBAydTTyEw9t@senator.demon.co.uk> <52pd61$cfb@flash.noc.best.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: craft.camp.clarkson.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:132887 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28379 comp.infosystems.www.misc:44334 Matthew Dillon (dillon@best.com) wrote: : :In article <$oVmqBAydTTyEw9t@senator.demon.co.uk>, : :Gavin Estey <gavin@senator.demon.co.uk> wrote: : :>In article <52am8g$fvs@nntp1.u.washington.edu>, Trent Piepho : :><xyzzy@u.washington.edu> writes : :>>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. : : Not cost effective. What you could serve out of 10 2G boxes another : person would be able to serve out of 2 10G boxes 400% cheaper. Reliability : is an issue, but not one deserving a 4x increase in cost in a heavily : competitive market! Ha ha ha ha ha ha bwah! bwah! ha ha ha. Oh sorry. This is just *way* too funny. Try running something that hits the hard drive *a lot* and see your performance go through the floor. (Hint: try running a news server) Cost-effectiveness isn't all that helpful when your customers are waiting for I/O. Now, what business *were* you in? -Mark -- - Mark Komarinski - komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu Smile. It makes people wonder what you're up to.