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From: gregor@eskimo.com (Gregory Sumner)
Subject: Re: Apache much slower than Netscape ! ?
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In article <aak2.848946036@Isis.MsState.Edu>,
Atif Ahmad Khan <aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu> wrote:

Why not post your benchmarks so we can see the differences?  
>
>We have just setup a test Pentium PRO 200 server running Solaris X86 2.5.1
>(all latest patches applied) and got Stronghold secure server (Apache
>with SSL patches) and tried to run some benchmarks.  
>
>We were very excited about the new server and were thinking that it was
>going to beat the pants off of our Netscape 1.2 on FreeBSD 2.1 Pent 90 combo.
>Imagine our surprise when we found out that Netscape is roughly 6 times
>faster.  I am  not sure what to blame, the Solaris OS or Apache or Stronghold.
>
>Something is not right somewhere and I am not sure how to pin it down.
>Any helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Atif Khan
>aak2@ra.msstate.edu


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