From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 03:50:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A155816A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 03:50:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B13243D1F for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 03:50:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from simong@desktop-guardian.com) Received: from [81.174.227.186] (helo=desktop-guardian.com) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with smtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.9) id 1AUloT-0004Xk-35 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:50:29 +0000 Received: (qmail 16885 invoked by uid 1006); 12 Dec 2003 11:56:14 -0000 Received: from simong@desktop-guardian.com by dtg25 by uid 82 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (clamscan: 0.54. spamassassin: 2.55. Clear:. Processed in 17.976833 secs); 12 Dec 2003 11:56:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dtg17) (192.168.0.17) by 192.168.0.25 with SMTP; 12 Dec 2003 11:55:55 -0000 Message-ID: <014901c3c0a5$de67b060$1100a8c0@dtg17> From: "Simon Gray" To: "Jeff Palmer" , "Freebsd isp isp" References: <042e01c3c027$6256a950$019c9752@xp> <095001c3c02c$2bd1ce50$0201a8c0@mars> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:48:32 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: When FreeBSD have higer performans than Linux and When Linuxhavehigher performans than FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:50:32 -0000 > Having said that, I really recommend that you do not use the default or > "out of the box" settings for either OS. Take the time to educate yourself, > a nd tune both OS's. You'll thank yourself in the long run. Linux in > particular is usually tuned for desktop uses rather than server (depending > ont he distro of course). whereas FreeBSD is tuned more as a "jack of all > trades" OS. In it's default configuration, it will act as a mediocre > webserver, database server, desktop, or file share. Only when you tune it, > will you actually be impressed with it's capability and scalability. Interesting, do you happen to know of any docs for fbsd (apart from the handbook of course) that provide suggestions for tuning? Simon