From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 28 10:41:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0A9D37B81F for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:41:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e2SJ5F009923; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:05:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:05:15 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: cyrusme@pacbell.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 32 bit questions Message-ID: <20000328110514.W21029@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <38E0E754.4FB0@pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <38E0E754.4FB0@pacbell.net>; from cyrusme@pacbell.net on Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 09:09:40AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * cyrusme@pacbell.net [000328 09:47] wrote: > Hi, > I run a heavy trafficed internet host server on WINDOWS which crashes > daily. My problem is my internet business is built solidly around a > WINDOWS 32 bit .exe script. Can FREEBSD run this script? And can it > handle heavy internet traffic and cgi processing (ie. more than 5000 cgi > hits an hour on a top of the line computer with mega ram) > thanks. > any reply welcome No, you'll need the .exe file compiled for FreeBSD, FreeBSD can handle over 5000 cgi requests an hour, the only consideration is how demanding each of those hits are, Unix handles individual program execution a _lot_ better than windows, however you'd be better off using some sort of FastCgi or web server module. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message