From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 4 09:42:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA16345 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 09:42:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA16319 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 09:41:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id SAA04541; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 18:20:23 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199603041720.SAA04541@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: performance of FreeBSD on Pentium Pro? To: kallio@cc.jyu.fi (Seppo Kallio) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 18:20:23 +0100 (MET) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, zing@pacificws.com, questions@freebsd.com In-Reply-To: from "Seppo Kallio" at Mar 4, 96 12:42:57 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > Unless you are expecting _very_ heavy loading, a Pentium system will carry > > your load perfectly well. Just make sure you ask the isp@freebsd.org people > > for tips on tuning for maximum web performance. > > I agree as long as we do not speak about CERN httpd + proxy + cache > > After my experience the proxy + cache services need much more CPU + i/o __/\__ CERN try harvest instead. There's no comparison. Luigi ==================================================================== Luigi Rizzo Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ ====================================================================