Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:06:56 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Virtual Access by Ashmount Research Ltd, http://www.ashmount.com Organization: Loot Ltd Message-ID: <VA.0000006a.006d9d17@roadrunner> Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? From: Tim Hawkins <timh@lootlon.loot.co.uk> Reply-To: timh@lootlon.loot.co.uk References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <552p74$23e@polo.demon.co.uk> <557s4q$i8o@tracy.nacs.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.PBI.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!UPTGISBA01!uptgisba03 Lines: 15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:138653 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:30244 comp.infosystems.www.misc:45188 > As much as I hate NT I have to say this. Every NT specific server > uses threads. It's inherent in NT and so it's very easy to make use > of. And, I'm going to guess that the reasont that OS/2 was mentioned > is because it, too, uses threads natively, including it's HTTP > servers. > Microsoft also introduced a new type of thread called a "Fibre", this is even lighter that a standard thread and will context switch faster. MS IIS will use these, which is why IIS needs a minimum of SP4 to run. The API for Fibre's was published at the same time.