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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.datalytics.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-8.sprintlink.net!wellspring.us.dg.com!mojo.europe.dg.com!usenet From: colin@mellifluous.europe.dg.com (Colin Smith) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Date: 3 Oct 1996 10:57:40 GMT Organization: Data General UK Lines: 48 Message-ID: <530674$pf4@mojo.europe.dg.com> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <$oVmqBAydTTyEw9t@senator.demon.co.uk> <52pd61$cfb@flash.noc.best.net> <52rkhe$d62@library.clarkson.edu> <52u69o$1sl@forte.heathen.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mellifluous.europe.dg.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:133343 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28502 comp.infosystems.www.misc:44408 In article <52u69o$1sl@forte.heathen.com>, paigen@forte.heathen.com (David Paigen) writes: >In article <52rkhe$d62@library.clarkson.edu>, >Mark Komarinski <komarimf@craft.clarkson.edu> wrote: >>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) Nah. On a box this size you would have shitloads of RAM and loads of fast/wide SCSI channels out to CLARiiON (Ooooh a TM!) raid arrays. I/O is NOT problem. (or are we talking toy computers here?) >> >>Cost-effectiveness isn't all that helpful when your customers are waiting for >>I/O. >> -- Linux; 64bit, multi-platform, multi-tasking, multi-user and Free. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "I'm all for computer dating, but I wouldn't want one to marry my sister." ----------------------------------------------------------------- Linux mellifluous 2.0.0 #5 Fri Aug 16 14:40:51 BST 1996 i486 10:09am up 12 days, 18:15, 4 users, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Smith (colin@mellifluous.europe.dg.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------- My opinions are mine and not necessarily anyone else's.