Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 18:14:19 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Kersten <tomkersten98@yahoo.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How much memory for web server? Message-ID: <20020210021419.15443.qmail@web10008.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3C65B2E6.1060300@potentialtech.com>
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--- Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > Tom Kersten wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am currently running a web/ftp server on the > > following hardware: > > 1.7 ghz AthlonXP > > 512mb DDR memory > > GA-7vtxe motherboard > > ...using a cable connection > > While your cable connection may be very fast on the > download side, many companies limit the upload side > to 10-50% of the download speed. This could be your > problem. Check your cable contract and see exactly > what your upload speed is. > I actually tested my up & download speed yesterday & today at www.pcpitstop.com...my speeds today were: download: 1369 Kb/s upload: 931 Kb/s and they were similar yesterday...so the speed should be alright, shouldn't it? > > I use X-windows frequently and am wondering how > much > > it affects the web/ftp serving performance. > > X-windows by itself is not going to hurt your > http/ftp > performance on a machine like that. What are you > using > within x-windows? I primarily run office applications (StarOffice pretty much), web browsers, a chat program every now and then, music players....nothing too intensive...I am trying to learn how to set up FreeBSD as a good desktop environment...I haven't really learned how to push it to its limits in any aspect of computing yet because of my lack of knowledge on the OS & the new programs > > > From > > reading past posts, it sounds like this is not > really > > the best combination. > > What posts are those? I may have been mistaken on this comment, but after reading some posts the other day, I was under the impression that this was taboo....evidently not...my mistake... >That machine should be able to > serve > gobs of requests per hour. It's probably capable of > serving > more data than your cable connection can handle. I just built it last fall, it is a "little much" for what I really need..but, well, I'm kind of compulsive... > > > I have another box laying around > > that is a P-166 w/ 48 mb of memory. I am thinking > > about setting this up with FreeBSD 4.5 as a > firewal > > and print server (only serving 2 other computers), > > would this efficiently work as a web/ftp server > box > > also, or is it too slow? > > It's all reletive. How much data are you expectin > it to > handle? Generally, a machine of that calaber can > handle > a slow web site and ftp site with no problem. I am going to serve a personal page that is basically going to be a test site for me to increase my knowledge on FreeBSD. I will probably be visiting more than anyone just to see if it is working the way I want...if that gives you any idea how "busy" it will be... > About 2 years ago, I did a demo on how well FreeBSD > could > handle web serving. I had a MySQL database with > 10,000 > records being accessed through a web front-end > running php, > this was all on a 486/100mhz with 24M of RAM. The > people > I showed the demo to were extremely impressed with > the > performance, but the machine was only getting a few > hits > per day. > > > What kind of hardware is > > required for serving a personal website...with > really > > not a lot of traffic? Any advice is appreciated... > > "With really not a lot of traffic", that machine is > probably > so overpowered it's ridiculous. The p133 could > probably do > the job easily. > Watch top(1) and/or systat(1) while the machine is > running and > see how hard it's working. I think you'll find its > idle most > of the time. I need to get the OS installed on the machine...I am just wondering if it will be able to handle everything (firewalling & web / ftp / print server)...it sounds like it should be able to, huh? Thanks for the response... Thomas Kersten > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technology > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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