From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 20:31:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB34106564A for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:31:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617C88FC0A for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:31:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so773271ywe.13 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:31:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=1RBHHpHNWQL03ifcSokoCIN2NZcGWzbOpRlLJb8lCD4=; b=GN2z7YV10jTeYwQYPhm/pBL8KSk31DlKaA+b2EDO/DMxyZ4rIEA2iOUV61kmLeYMM+ 2KDchcUPguc8GMul8QggNYHrcoHzK0FnPb4sPeszHGCZNOSrbwb9C/D2oszI3MQWxLd0 wjpH0aq6f445KUaPz752XMTYyuhW4yYF6qsZw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=YlmP/oHepM3WCNHEtzK/o3Ldlj56/YydzcnYd6sX0I1Wxls6xCcGdgP0MW3fZhZl+5 KrXPa2Zh8Mq7sGWTrr167BjiPHs/BH2IdPTfs76EYJSYXeTroKdylG+QyH/s/n7tgZq/ 6yn4L1Br8Z5JdUySmGoAebqcct63KaFMzgCfI= Received: by 10.114.12.9 with SMTP id 9mr4141763wal.121.1216757126661; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:05:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.95.6 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:05:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0807221305r5ae70309w4313dbea62d3fdf0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:05:26 +0200 From: VeeJay To: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: FreeBSD for webserver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:31:47 -0000 Hi there I am going to make 2 Webserver at my work going to handle 50 mil hits per month... They are using Linux already. But being a FreeBSD fan, I have proposed FreeBSD to my Boss convincing him that FreeBSD is more Fast and Secure solution for his needs... And now I want to show the results... *Hardware:* Dell PowerEdge 2950 III having 2 x CPU 3,0 GHz Intel Xeon L5450 Quad-Core 2x6MB cache WITH 16 GB RAM. *Tools:* 1. FreeBSD 7 Production Release 2. Apache 2.2.9 3. MySQL 5.1.26 4. PHP 5.2.6 My question is, "*To get the speed, performance and security*": Should I use Ports or Packages to install all these tools One by One? *OR* Should I use TAR files and compile them manually. For example giving command line arguments and commands like ./configure --prefix=/www --enable-module=so make make install cd ../php-xxx ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs=/www/bin/apxs make make install etc.... I have googled but still haven't reached to solution...personally I would prefer comiling them with command line arguments but then I seek some help from you guys i.e. How should I write this ./configure......stuff in FreeBSD and what would be the best options combination, I must choose to get the speed, performane and security in Apache, MySQL and PHP? Any suggestion is very welcomed! -- Thanks! BR / vj