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Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!feeder.chicago.cic.net!chi-news.cic.net!feed1.news.erols.com!news.magicnet.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-atl-21.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-2.sprintlink.net!eskimo!gregor From: gregor@eskimo.com (Gregory Sumner) Subject: Re: Apache much slower than Netscape ! ? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eskimo.com Message-ID: <E1G8KG.56I@eskimo.com> Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <aak2.848946036@Isis.MsState.Edu> Distribution: inet Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 23:14:39 GMT Lines: 26 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix:22367 comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc:6186 comp.unix.solaris:90404 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31546 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 -- Gregory | They're *crappy*. They don't give you Sumner | John Kricfalusi toys anymore. They give you stickers Seattle | on breakfast cereal and shit. Why do I want a sticker? WA | I want a little man in my cereal!