From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 10 19:57:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA02176 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:57:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02038 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:57:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA00348; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:57:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:57:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Sean J. Schluntz" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to optimize a FTP/Web Server? In-Reply-To: <34E0C56A.D161845F@clicknet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > Is there a FAQ somewhere that will help me optimize a FTP and a Web > server? I have to systems, one dedicated to FTP and one to Web (running > Stronghold) both under FreeBSD v2.2.5-R and neither of them seem all > that snappy, esp when under a load. I need to speed them up because a > big mail drop is one the way and they will be hammered when it hits. What class of machine is this? The big three ways to increase speed on Unices: 1. More RAM. 2. More disks and controllers and move frequently-used FSs to different disks on different controllers. 3. Faster processor (to a point) or faster bus speed. This `big maildrop' had better not be nastygrams. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message