Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:48:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> To: simonr@roland.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a web server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980811144029.23950A-100000@federation.addy.com> In-Reply-To: <012A8881D8E0D0119D7C006097529861109943@nt1>
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On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 simonr@roland.co.uk wrote: > I was recently recommended to run an apache web server on BSD UNIX so > that we could host our own web site. I want to know if FreeBSD is BSD or > if it is a cut down version of a BSD version that is for sale. FreeBSD is a full implementation of BSD UNIX, as far as I know it's as "complete" as any UNIX. > If it is, would it be suitable to base a web server such as apache on? > We currently get hits on our site approximately every two-three minutes. We use Apache on FreeBSD to run multiple web servers, hosting ~800 virtual sites getting 800K-1M hits a day. It's beautiful, stable as hell, fast as all get-out, and this is only on Pentium 166s with 64MB. > We would be running it on a > dual pentium II 333 MHz with 256-512 Mb ram and a RAID controller > controlling3-4 hard drives. At your hit rate, that's *way* overkill, a 486 with 32MB would do just fine. A web server typically puts next to no load on the CPU. > If there is a version of BSD for sale I would appreciate it if you could > send me a web address at which i could get information a prices. You can get FreeBSD on CDROM from Walnut Creek, http://cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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