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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc 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!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: Apache and FreeBSD versions X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 75 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E2yG1w.M52@nonexistent.com> References: <E2FwC0.4yy@nonexistent.com> <E2MKzC.Ks7@nonexistent.com> <32BCF239.683B@www.play-hookey.com> <E2tw30.JKp@nonexistent.com> <32BD916C.4B5F@www.play-hookey.com> <E2uMxK.5z2@nonexistent.com> <32BEEE1B.7EA4@www.play-hookey.com> X-Trace: 851492803/26412 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 05:46:44 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33252 Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: : Louis Epstein wrote: : > : > Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: : > : Louis Epstein wrote: : [snip some older stuff...] : : > : > : > : I understand the previous discussion said 2.2,but not 2.1.6, : > : > : > : had been tweaked to run WWW faster,but in an ISP operation : > : > : > : environment stability's the key...I suppose that,with reference to the : > : > : > : mentioned caching program,Squid 1.0.22 would be a better bet than : > : > : > : 1.1.0. : > : > [just replaced by 1.1.1 in the past week...yes,1.1.0 was buggy] : : It happens everywhere. That's why I tend to sit back and wait while the : dust settles. They're now up to 1.1.2(not yet in the Ports Collection). : > : > : > : My priority is also stability. I'm running Apache 1.1.1 on FreeBSD 2.1R : > : > : with no problems. I will leave it this way for the present, to retain : > : > : that stability. I won't be upgrading to either 2.1.5 or 2.1.6 on the : > : > : server machine, with 2.2R just around the corner. As soon as I know 2.2 : > : > : is truly stable, I expect to upgrade to that platform, but I can't see : > : > : changing the platform every couple of months under my circumstances. : > : > : > : > 2.1.6 is,we have been told repeatedly,stabler than 2.2...the analogous : > : > release of 2.2 isn't due until summer '97.I've been running 2.1 since : > : > the end of '95,and if 2.1.6 is better,I figure it may be worth the : > : > upgrade hassle,while early 2.2.x won't be.(Just as I'd be likelier to : > : > go from 2.2.[max x] to 3.1 than to 3.0.) : > : : > : You're right, of course. And it's also true that 2.1.6 has some : > : capabilities not present in 2.1R. We'll see; I've been planning on : > : upgrading the hardware as well as the FreeBSD OS. I expect I'll get the : > : new hardware first; I've been considering going to a PCI board. But my : > : 33.6K dialup is still the primary bottleneck... : > : > Meaning you run a WWW server on the customer end of a dialup? : > (I run an ISP with a 384K line,customers presently dialing in at : > 28.8 though expansion will be 33.6K or ISDN or some combination). : : Yep. I paid for a 24/7 connection and a static 32-node Class C subnet; : this lets me have a server/gateway and still hook my little home network : to it. I made the server box be the gateway as well, so that packets : from outside don't have to fight their way over my 10B2 Ethernet as : well. It's not superfast, but it works and is quite stable. I may have customers in your position some time...good to know that it works. Have your upgrades of Apache improved performance? : > My next motherboard/CPU will be PCI,I suppose...current set is : > VLB at its max(486 DX4-120). : : Mine is close to that. It's currently a 486DX-50 running at full speed, : with a VLB 6-pack I/O card. I have one more motherboard with the AMD : 5x86-133 (overclockable to 160 MHz), and at the computer show last : Sunday I saw Western Digital Caviar drives -- the 33100 (3.1 GB) for : $299. They're getting cheaper by the day! You're going it without SCSI? : > : : > : As for Squid, I've seen references to both it and CERN cache in my : > : agent_log file, but I haven't tried it, and so have no opinion. : > : > See http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid for their claims. : : Thanks, I will. But I bet they still can't speed up that 33.6K link! Just make sure stuff is cached well on your disk.