Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 23:00:38 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Tom Kersten <tomkersten98@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How much memory for web server? Message-ID: <3C65F066.7040304@potentialtech.com> References: <20020210021419.15443.qmail@web10008.mail.yahoo.com>
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Tom Kersten wrote: > I actually tested my up & download speed yesterday & > today at www.pcpitstop.com...my speeds today were: > download: 1369 Kb/s > upload: 931 Kb/s > > and they were similar yesterday...so the speed should > be alright, shouldn't it? As long as that's all the faster it needs to go, yes. >>>I use X-windows frequently and am wondering how >>> >>much >> >>>it affects the web/ftp serving performance. >>> >>X-windows by itself is not going to hurt your >>http/ftp >>performance on a machine like that. What are you >>using >>within x-windows? >> > > I primarily run office applications (StarOffice pretty > much), web browsers, a chat program every now and > then, music players....nothing too intensive...I am > trying to learn how to set up FreeBSD as a good > desktop environment...I haven't really learned how to > push it to its limits in any aspect of computing yet > because of my lack of knowledge on the OS & the new > programs I think, generally, that the attitude is that running x-windows on a webserver is a waste of CPU cycles/RAM. However, if top performance isn't an issue, and you want to use the machine for other purposes as well - in general, for the purpose that you describe, I doubt you'll have any problems. >>That machine should be able to >>serve >>gobs of requests per hour. It's probably capable of >>serving >>more data than your cable connection can handle. >> > > I just built it last fall, it is a "little much" for > what I really need..but, well, I'm kind of > compulsive... Heavens no, you can never have too much computer power! >>>I have another box laying around >>>that is a P-166 w/ 48 mb of memory. I am thinking >>>about setting this up with FreeBSD 4.5 as a >>> >>firewal >> >>>and print server (only serving 2 other computers), >>>would this efficiently work as a web/ftp server >>> >>box >> >>>also, or is it too slow? >>> >>It's all reletive. How much data are you expectin >>it to >>handle? Generally, a machine of that calaber can >>handle >>a slow web site and ftp site with no problem. >> > > I am going to serve a personal page that is basically > going to be a test site for me to increase my > knowledge on FreeBSD. I will probably be visiting more > than anyone just to see if it is working the way I > want...if that gives you any idea how "busy" it will > be... I think you'll be surprise as to how well that old machine will do what you want. >>>What kind of hardware is >>>required for serving a personal website...with >>> >>really >> >>>not a lot of traffic? Any advice is appreciated... >>> >>"With really not a lot of traffic", that machine is >>probably >>so overpowered it's ridiculous. The p133 could >>probably do >>the job easily. >>Watch top(1) and/or systat(1) while the machine is >>running and >>see how hard it's working. I think you'll find its >>idle most >>of the time. >> > > I need to get the OS installed on the machine...I am > just wondering if it will be able to handle everything > (firewalling & web / ftp / print server)...it sounds > like it should be able to, huh? Thanks for the > response... Good luck, you'll probably learn a lot of interesting things by doing this. -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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