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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!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.idt.net!mr.net!winternet.com!n1ott.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!gateway.qnx.com!not-for-mail From: doug@qnx.com (Doug Santry) Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Apache much slower than Netscape ! ? Date: 26 Nov 1996 15:00:36 -0500 Organization: QNX Software Systems Lines: 26 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <57fi94$gt@qnx.com> References: <aak2.848946036@Isis.MsState.Edu> <329ABAD6.237C@avl.co.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: qnx.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix:22422 comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc:6206 comp.unix.solaris:90534 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31591 In article <329ABAD6.237C@avl.co.at>, Klaftenegger Bernd <klafti@avl.co.at> wrote: >Atif Ahmad Khan wrote: >> >> 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 > >Im quite surprised - I have got the other situation on one of my hosts >- the Apache server has got about twice the performance the netscape >commercial server has. Why not run Apache on FreeBSD and then run some benchmarks. DJS