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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.charm.net!news From: snowdog@charm.net (Sean Rolinson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI, SCSI, RAM, and the web Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:00:55 GMT Organization: Charm Net Inc. Lines: 177 Message-ID: <513vv3$kli@canton.charm.net> References: <3234CA80.2F1CF0FB@digitalthink.com> Reply-To: snowdog@charm.net NNTP-Posting-Host: stimpy.charm.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Here is an email I saw that might be of interest... I believe your current configurations could easily handle 1/2 million hits a day. Sean snowdog@charm.net Below: > New BSDI Web Server Package Delivers 43 Million Hits Per Day From A > Single PC > > BSDI Outperforms Windows NT > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Colorado Springs, CO (August 27, 1996) - Berkeley Software Design, > Inc. (BSDI) announced today the immediate availability of its BSDI Web > Performance Kit at no charge to supported BSDI customers. WebStone > v1.1 benchmarks show that a single Pentium processor-based system > running the new BSDI package can deliver over 43 million Web hits per > day. A BSDI-powered Web server outperforms a comparable PC running > Microsoft's Windows NT-based Internet Information Server (IIS) by > factors ranging from 27 to 197 percent. > > Running on a 200 Mhz Pentium Pro processor-based PC that costs > approximately $3,500, the BSDI platform delivers over 1.8 million hits > per hour or over 43 million hits per day and over 27 Mbps network > throughput, according to BSDI's benchmarks. The WebStone v2.0 > benchmarks, which use larger files, yield 45 Mbps network throughput - > full capacity for a T-3 line. The BSDI Web Performance Kit contains an > enhanced version of BSDI's BSD/OS kernel and powerful Squid caching > software based on the University of Colorado's Harvest caching > technology. > > BSDI Performance Versus Windows NT > > WebStone v1.1 benchmarks demonstrate that the BSDI Internet Server > running its built-in Apache Web server executes Web applications > faster than Windows NT in every test. Running the new BSDI Web > Performance Kit on a 133 Mhz Pentium procesor-based PC, the BSDI > Internet Server fulfills over 1.2 million HTML requests or "hits" per > hour compared to just over 900,000 hits per hour for Windows NT/IIS. > > The BSDI system performs 27 percent faster than Windows NT/IIS for > static HTML content, 48 to 197 percent faster for API-generated > content, and 77 percent faster for CGI-generated content. With 128 > simultaneous WebStone clients, the BSDI system delivers 326 HTML > connections per second and network throughput of 17.5 Mbps compared to > 255 connections per second and 13.6 Mbps for Windows NT/IIS. > > BSDI's WebStone v1.1 benchmarks used standard hardware platforms and > were compared to WebStone v1.1 performance data published by > Microsoft. The Microsoft-published benchmarks were run on a 133 MHz > Pentium processor-based HP NetServer LS, while the BSDI benchmarks > were run on a comparable 133 MHz Pentium processor-based server > configured from commonly used, off-the-shelf components. The tested > BSDI hardware includes 64 mbytes of memory, two SCSI disks, and > industrial-strength power supply and enclosure, and costs > approximately $3,000. The BSDI benchmark report is available at > http://www.bsdi.com/products/internet-server/benchmarks. > > Connections Per Second > (128 WebStone client load) > HTML CGI API > BSDI/Apache 326 39 135-271* > Windows NT/IIS 255 22 91 > * BSDI's Apache API performance reflects a range of optimizations. > Microsoft did not publish the API module used in their benchmarks, > so it is not possible to determine a single number for comparison. > > The BSDI Web Performance Kit boosts the performance of any > BSDI-compatible Web server. Microsoft-published benchmarks show that > BSDI running the Netscape Communications Server delivers HTML content > approximately 184 percent faster than Windows NT running Netscape. > Using the BSDI Web Performance Kit, a BSDI-powered Netscape Web server > delivers 271 HTML connections per second and performs 460 percent > faster than Windows NT running Netscape. > > "Internet experts are long familiar with BSDI's exceptional > performance," said Rob Kolstad, Ph.D., President of BSDI. "WebStone > benchmarks demonstrate to the world that BSDI significantly > outperforms Windows NT, and, in fact, outperforms workstation-based > servers that cost many times as much. When harnessed properly, Pentium > and Pentium Pro PCs provide amazing computation power and throughput. > We're pleased to provide the new BSDI Web Performance Kit to supported > BSDI customers who require top performance from their BSDI-powered Web > servers." > > BSDI Web Performance Kit > > The BSDI Web Performance Kit consist of two components: > > 1. A set of enhancements to BSDI's BSD/OS 2.1 kernel that optimize > TCP/IP performance when handling heavy Web server traffic. > 2. Version 1.0.5 of the Squid Internet Object Cache. Squid functions > both as an accelerator for high-traffic Web sites and a caching > HTTP proxy for sites such as Internet service providers with > large amounts of cacheable data. Squid's hierarchical > architecture is especially well suited for large corporate > Intranets. > > The BSDI Web Performance Kit is free to any supported BSDI customer > running BSDI Internet Server Version 2.1, is downloadable via ftp from > ftp.bsdi.com, and will be included with new BSDI shipments. The > WebStone HTTP server benchmarks were developed by SGI as a > vendor-independent means of comparing Web server performance. > > About the BSDI Internet Server > > BSDI Internet Server is an all-in-one Internet and Web system software > package for PC platforms that integrates BSDI's complete BSD/OS and > its bulletproof TCP/IP networking with PPP and SLIP, the > high-performance Apache Web server, global E-mail, Domain Name Service > (DNS), FTP, Netnews, and EZ-config setup. The BSDI package includes 60 > days of installation support and a money-back guarantee. > > About Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (BSDI) > > Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, BSDI is the commercial supplier > of the high-performance BSD Internet and networking system software > originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley. > Internet implementors worldwide are using BSDI software engines to > power the networked economy. BSDI products for PC platforms include > the BSDI Internet Server, BSDI Internet Gateway for Novell Networks, > and BSD/OS for embedded networked systems. BSDI customers include > Adobe, CompuServe, UUNET Technologies, Volvo, and leading Internet > Service Providers worldwide. Contact BSDI at 719-593-9445, > bsdi-info@bsdi.com, or http://www.bsdi.com. > > Technical Contact: Doug Urner, BSDI Benchmark Manager, PH: > 1-503-231-4881, E-mail: dlu@bsdi.com > > Note: The BSDI benchmark report including performance charts is > available at http://www.bsdi.com/products/internet-server/benchmarks . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > BSDI and BSD/OS are trademarks of Berkeley Software Design, Inc. Other > trademarks are properties of their respective owners. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Contact: > > Steven Beedle > Zaballos & Associates, for BSDI > Ph: 408-425-1581 > E-mail: steven@zna.com > http://www.bsdi.com/press/19960827.html Devon Lazarus <devonl@digitalthink.com> once said: > hello all- > we are currently running our internal web servers with BSD/OS 2.1 on > P166 EIDE machines w/48 MB RAM. we are interested in upgrading these > environments to P166 SCSI machines and some amount of RAM before we > place them outside the firewall for all the world to see. my questions > are: > is there any information out there that i can read that discusses > techincal issues relating the Intel/BSD/SCSI? > what is a good amout of RAM for a site that expects about 1/2 million > hits a day but with most (75%) hits calling a cgi (executable later to > be turned into an API executable)? > any suggestions [nice ones :)] will be helpful. > tis > -d > |----------------------------------------| > | Devon Lazarus Technology Group | > | DigitalThink | > | www.digitalthink.com coming November 1 | > |----------------------------------------|