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Date:      Mon, 4 Mar 1996 12:43:16 +0200 (EET)
From:      Seppo Kallio <kallio@cc.jyu.fi>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        Christopher Wilkins <zing@pacificws.com>, questions@freebsd.com
Subject:   Re: performance of FreeBSD on Pentium Pro?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91ska.960304124032.22458A-100000@kanto.cc.jyu.fi>
In-Reply-To: <199603040759.SAA12260@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Michael Smith wrote:
> Christopher Wilkins stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > Has anyone installed and tested FreeBSD on a Pentium Pro system yet? Is the
> > performance significantly better than on same speed pentium system? I am
> > looking at putting together a commercial Web server using FreeBSD. Any
> > responses are appreciated.

> Unless you are expecting _very_ heavy loading, a Pentium system will carry
> your load perfectly well.  Just make sure you ask the isp@freebsd.org people
> for tips on tuning for maximum web performance.

I agree as long as we do not speak about CERN httpd + proxy + cache

After my experience the proxy + cache services need much more CPU + i/o 
power than usual web service.

Seppo




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