Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:39:32 -0500 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer. Message-ID: <20110630113932.61851rj8n47dwna8@econet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimKa9469PcJPy26gK3kXw6UzYRCcA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110629073105.17922wqmo8yonl6o@econet.encontacto.net> <841_1309361265_4E0B4471_841_3565_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C2309C85@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <BANLkTikMkUsJdDKRn8b8SRDOkASrCoXFDQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110630095321.5406473qq4wd41kw@econet.encontacto.net> <BANLkTimKa9469PcJPy26gK3kXw6UzYRCcA@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:53 PM, eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote: >> Quoting "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>: >> >>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> wrote= : >>>> >>>> Of course it depends on your apps, but unless you're doing some HUGE >>>> number of connections, or your apps are .... "not good", this will be M= ORE >>>> than enough RAM and CPU. >>>> >>>> (...) >>>> >>>> Maybe turn this into a virtual host and make some use of that hardware, >>>> or just be happy using it at 5% capacity. >>> >>> ... or run some instances of Plone on it. Should be enough to keep it >>> busy and out of the idle thread even at moderate traffic. ;-) >> >> I agree but somehow my extra resources (memory, disk, cpu, etc.) always s= eem >> to find sponges in a short period of time. =A0This may be the exception. > > It's certainly no exception. Programs tend to expand over time, > and when they expand, they tend to use up more time as well. > > Since space and time complexity of programs are closely linked > to and bounded by each other, a corollary to Murphy's Law: > "Any given program will expand to fill all the available memory." > is, of course, > "Any given program will expand to use up all available CPU cycles." > > I'm half-joking though It has always been true for me. I think ol'Murphy really likes me ;) Thanks to all for having shared your combined wisdom, ed > Anyway, I'm sure you'll put that new machine > to great use! > >> thanks >> >> ed > > -cpghost. > > -- > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ >
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