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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!eru.mt.luth.se!newsfeed.luth.se!news.luth.se!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!02-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!03-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!sbg.ac.at!cosy.sbg.ac.at!voskovec.radio.cz!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!news.inet.tele.dk!arclight.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.interactive.net!onyx.interactive.net!not-for-mail From: ritz@onyx.interactive.net (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960817] X-Nntp-Posting-User: ritz Sender: news@interactive.net (System Administrator) Organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <Dy91KF.IMA@interactive.net> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <51nn4m$gn3@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> <jimhill.843028011@kitsune> <51pbm6$97o@web.ddp.state.me.us> <32404E4A.41C6@phoenix.net> <3246D415.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> <Pine.BSF.3.91.960923200853.12260C-100000@dyslexic.phoenix.net> X-Trace: 843589165/23931 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: onyx.interactive.net Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 18:19:26 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:131399 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27874 comp.infosystems.www.misc:44040 In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Geoff Mohler <gemohler@phoenix.net> wrote: : On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: : > *grin*. I think you really need to talk to BEST Internet, over at : > http://www.best.net - they might even have a few Challenge machines to : > sell at reasonable prices, having already tried this! :) : I picked up a Challenge-L 128Mb/2G for under $70k, gonna add a mirror : array to it and a second Ethernet. For $70k, you could buy 10 fully configured Pentium Pro 200mhz boxes that would (in aggregate) probably be able to service connections at a rate one or two orders of magnitude greater. *shrug* Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@interactive.net | finger/mail info@interactive.net OR IBS Interactive, Inc. | http://www.interactive.net/