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Xref: sserve news.software.nntp:14823 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4080 comp.os.linux.advocacy:15123 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.math.psu.edu!barr From: barr@math.psu.edu (Dave Barr) Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Sun/Solaris or Pentium/Linux for new server ? Date: 5 Aug 1995 20:05:40 GMT Organization: Mathematics Department, The Pennsylvania State University Lines: 11 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <400iuk$abj@dodgson.math.psu.edu> References: <3vlpgk$rdk@graphite.comco.com> <3vq3if$jmp@dodgson.math.psu.edu> <3vsc3k$io7@helena.MT.net> <3vurgf$pud@alba.roble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: augusta.math.psu.edu In article <3vurgf$pud@alba.roble.com>, Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> wrote: >I wonder if that's why my FreeBSD based 386/40 server is roughly 50% >faster serving news than my ISP's 486/66 Linux host? Your server has more memory? Your ISP's server is more loaded? These sorts of comparisons are meaningless, unless you can negate or account for differences not related to the O/S. --Dave