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Date:      Tue, 10 Feb 98 22:02:59 -0700
From:      "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com>
To:        "Doug White" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How to optimize a FTP/Web Server?
Message-ID:  <199802110557.VAA00717@gromit.pinpt.com>

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*From the fingers of Doug White
>> 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.

Ok, web has 64 now and FTP has 32.  I've been meaning to up the web to 
128 (how fast can you get a web server if you make a 30 meg RAM disk and 
move all of the web files and cgi scripts to it...  No disk access to 
slow it down.)


>2.  More disks and controllers and move frequently-used FSs to different
>    disks on different controllers.

That's an idea.

>3.  Faster processor (to a point) or faster bus speed.

It's on a 166 now, I will probably get a second system and split the load 
between the two before I get a faster CPU or a second controller.


>This `big maildrop' had better not be nastygrams.

Nope, standard snail mail.  We sell a network diagraming, auto discovery 
and remote control system and the last people we want to tick off are the 
sysadmins! ;)

-Sean

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Sean J. Schluntz                                    schluntz@pinpt.com
Systems Engineer                                   (408) 997-6900 x222
PinPoint Software Corporation                     http://www.pinpt.com


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