From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 24 13:53:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA27321 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 13:53:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scanner.worldgate.com (scanner.worldgate.com [198.161.84.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA27302 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 13:53:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcs@znep.com) Received: from znep.com (uucp@localhost) by scanner.worldgate.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with UUCP id OAA27538; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:53:06 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (marcs@localhost) by alive.znep.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA29049; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:52:37 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:52:37 -0600 (MDT) From: Marc Slemko To: Don Wilde cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *** Real Action Item: SPECweb In-Reply-To: <3540E711.C4536E88@ibm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Don Wilde wrote: > > I think hardware's our plus. I'd also like to stick with Apache a) > because of our kind friends b) because we know it c) because it _IS_ the > well known server platform and is very popular in the real world. > Remember, this is all a game to get publicity for freeware, specifically > us (FreeBSD and Apache). It has no relationship to the real world. What > we do insofar as stretching the rules as far as possible is a tribute to > our ingenuity and a plus in this instance, and I guarantee our numbers > will be bested in nothing flat as soon as we tweak tails. If you are trying to make a system that will beat currently listed results, you must use Zeus. I encourage the use of Apache for everything but I also know and respect its current limitations; just what you expect needs to be very clear or the whole thing will end up disappointing everyone. Apache can give good numbers and I would be interested in seeing what results you can get. They will not be as good as something like Zeus on comparable hardware. Zeus will also, generally speaking, kick ass on most memory limited systems and on CPU limited systems. Results don't have to beat everything else to prove a point and to be useful. You do, however, have to know where you are aiming. -- Marc Slemko | Apache Group member marcs@znep.com | marc@apache.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message