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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 1999 15:57:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Edward Ing <inge@cr343877-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sizing up FreeBSD for mass public charity event registration over I'Net
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906041556380.13154-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <001601beaec7$b3526900$3221a8c0@bingo.lansa.com>

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Please wrap your lines. Thanks.

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Edward Ing wrote:

>    I am wondering if FreeBSD on a pentium class 200MHZ machine with
> 64M can handle the duties of processing about 1000 registrations
> during a 3 hour period/ per night coming through the internet. I am
> planning to use http based solutions excuting either CGI or preferably
> java servlets. To access a db system. I am not sure what that will be.

Wcarchive was a PPro200 for quite some time.  Your disk will be the
bottleneck, so you better have fast SCSI disks for best performance.

> Will my bottleneck be FreeBSD or the internet connection or both? Or none.

Think slowest point -- usually disk before network.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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