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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 21:55:17 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 40 Message-ID: <323F1E45.6B1@www.play-hookey.com> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:129787 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27436 comp.infosystems.www.misc:43719 Subhas Roy wrote: > > A ZDnet article says in the web page > http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/fea1096/sub4.html#jump2 > that Windows NT-based servers run much faster (as much as 13 > times) when client counts are low. > > Is that possible? Anybody wants to comment on the > article's claim? Now that I've looked at the cited site, I've noted a couple of very interesting additional details. I find it interesting that the *only* server to get a graphic with its name is Microsoft's that comes with NT server ($1129 for 10-user license). Could we be seeing a bit of favoritism here??? Also, the speed differential claimed makes no mention of which version of Unix was used, nor what server was running or how it was running -- just the bare claim that the NT server ran "as much as" 13 times faster with 6 clients attached. They also state that they tested six NT-based servers. I didn't find a platform mentioned, nor operating conditions, or any other pertinent information. For all I can tell from that page, they could have been running NT on a P6-200, and running the Unix comparisons on a '486SX-25. Sorry, but before I believe that kind of claim, I'd like to see some documentation on the exact test conditions and circumstances, so that others could duplicate the test conditions and run their own comparisons. Without that, this looks like a remake of The Music Man, with Professor Howard Hill Microsnot trying to panic the townsfolk into buying his stock-in-trade. My kids' High School Science Fair projects were more scientific than this! -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |