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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.advocacy Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!metrics.com!tomh From: tomh@metrics.com (Tom Haapanen) Subject: Re: BSDI Vs. NT... NT looses big Organization: Software Metrics Inc. Message-ID: <DK5Crs.I77@metrics.com> References: <taxfree.3.00C439A1@primenet.com> <4bdulp$4r8@mail.fwi.uva.nl> <4be592$6tb@madeline.ins.cwru.edu> <4bhfmp$gei@Mars.mcs.com> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 14:40:37 GMT Lines: 17 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1827 comp.unix.advocacy:12625 > Gabriel N. Schaffer <gns2@po.CWRU.Edu> wrote: >> Oh really? The web was practically invented on Unix this decade, therefore >> you should be able to name an overabundance of modern HTTP servers on Unix >> that are multithreaded. les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) writes: > First someone has to demonstrate that there is an advantage for them. Demonstrate how? The processor overhead of forking, and the memory overhead of multiple httpd processes are pretty significant. Using threads can cut this overhead down significantly, regardless of the OS. -- [ /tom haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ] [ "how does a project get to be a year late? ] [ ... one day at a time." -- frederick brooks ]