From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 11 10:42:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA19986 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:42:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19955 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:42:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA01368; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:41:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:41:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Sean J. Schluntz" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to optimize a FTP/Web Server? In-Reply-To: <199802110557.VAA00717@gromit.pinpt.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > >1. More RAM. > > Ok, web has 64 now and FTP has 32. I've been meaning to up the web to > 128 (how fast can you get a web server if you make a 30 meg RAM disk and > move all of the web files and cgi scripts to it... No disk access to > slow it down.) I like an MFS web server :) The FTP server *will* need more memory; ftp is much more expensive than web. > >2. More disks and controllers and move frequently-used FSs to different > > disks on different controllers. > > That's an idea. And it works, surprisingly :) > >3. Faster processor (to a point) or faster bus speed. > > It's on a 166 now, I will probably get a second system and split the load > between the two before I get a faster CPU or a second controller. That would work. > >This `big maildrop' had better not be nastygrams. > > Nope, standard snail mail. We sell a network diagraming, auto discovery > and remote control system and the last people we want to tick off are the > sysadmins! ;) Good -- I don't want to be supporting spammers. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message