Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:02:33 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@rambo.simx.org> To: Sanjay Bhattacharya <sanbh@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Linux or Solaris Message-ID: <3D1877F9.9040305@rambo.simx.org> References: <17522.1024993490@www23.gmx.net>
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Sanjay Bhattacharya wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a question for you. I am running a network consisting of an > internal network of 30 clients running win9x boxes. I am running a DMZ which > contains an email server, an web server, a dns server and a caching proxy server. My > gateway box is connected to a cisco router which is connected to the net. My > gateway box is also connected to the internal network and the dmz. The Win9x > clients need access to the caching proxy, email server and dns. Now what > kind of OS do you guys suggest for the box hosting the caching proxy server and > the box hosting the gateway? Performance wise which'll give me the best: > Linux, Solaris of FreeBSD? I thank you guys in advance. > > Regards, > Sanjay This is of course a question of personal taste, but I would probably choose FreeBSD. On small or medium size networks and on x86 hardware I find it hard to beat fbsd's performance. Linux is gaining performance wise, they have made some significant improvements lately, but Linux still gives me an icky feeling. I just cant sleep well at night if I have to trust Linux to run my servers. Solaris sure is stable enough to be trusted, but performance wise it takes very expensive hardware to match freebsd. Solaris on i386 is just bad. I would go with FreeBSD, but as I already said, thats just my personal opinion. -- R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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