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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!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.inc.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!dhesi.a2i!dhesi From: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Tuning BSD as Web Server (was Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?) Date: 24 Sep 1996 07:48:18 GMT Organization: a2i network Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5283o2$3pq@bug.rahul.net> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <jimhill.843028011@kitsune> <51pbm6$97o@web.ddp.state.me.us> <32404E4A.41C6@phoenix.net> <51rsu5$6je@flash.noc.best.net> <WINDLEY.96Sep20085157@margay.cs.byu.edu> <R.5219b4$552@bug.rahul.net> <32474D6C.ABD322C@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: waltz.rahul.net NNTP-Posting-User: dhesi Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27834 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4958 In <32474D6C.ABD322C@FreeBSD.org> "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes: >Hmmm. Not really. The opinions expressed therein are hopelessly naive >given that a very great deal of BSD's "critical path" code has been >optimized far beyond simple linear searches, and code which retains >simple search strategies *but is not traversed very often* is no more >relevant to your overall performance than ambient temperature. >I dunno, the whole posting says essentially >nothing... It says a lot: The number of simultaneous distinct activies that can be performed on a machine varies as the square root of its procesing power. BTW, there is no need to duplicate to me in email something you post to Usenet, especially if it's formatted to look like private email. -- Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> "please ignore Dhesi" -- Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>