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Subject: Re: anyone notice what os the #1 hosting provider is using?
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In article <3EF8B52C.9030303@potentialtech.com>, Bill Moran wrote:
> Dan Langille wrote:
>> On 24 Jun 2003 at 14:31, Brian Sobolak wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>><http://uptime.netcraft.com/perf/reports/Hosters>
>>>
>
> The part I find interesting, is that if you sort by the various
> performance and reliability columns, you find that the number one
> provider for each stat is using FreeBSD in most cases.  (Except
> the DNS response times, looks like the Linux folks are faster at
> that)

Actually, FreeBSD 'wins' the "connect" and "first byte" categories while
Linux 'wins' the DNS and "total" categories. What exactly these stats
measure is explained here: http://uptime.netcraft.com/perf/FAQ