Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 14:41:30 -0500 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Blaine Minazzi <bminazzi@w3page.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bandwidth.. Message-ID: <3.0.32.19961230144128.00a96420@etinc.com>
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At 12:07 PM 12/30/96 -0700, you wrote: >dennis wrote: >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > snip >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> I dont think that anyone would recommend a '386 for anything nowadays >> (with '486-100s with on-board PCI IDE at about $100.)....I was talking >> much more about the '486 or 100Mhz Pentium vs the higher end >> stuff than obsoleted equipment like '386. >> >> Dennis > >I can think of a great use for 386 equipment. Find yourself a sharp >kid, who can't afford a 'puter. Give it to him/her. Invest a bit of >time with the basics, and watch them grow. Worth many times more >than the cost of the 'puter. I'll spend the extra $50. on the '486-100...he'll learn twice as fast! :-) Dennis > >As for a web server, a 486 133 can handle a fair amount of traffic, even >over a T1, without performance problems. If you are *really* on a >budget, this is a good starting point. By the time you need more CPU, >you can afford it. > I think that this is highly dependent on what you are doing. If you have a lot of piggish, poorly-written CGI scripts the requirements are much greater than if you are just putting up direct hit pages. Dennis
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