From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 16:39:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ACCF106566C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:39:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from ns2.bafirst.com (ns2.bafirst.com [97.67.198.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2128FC13 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unixmania.com ([189.251.17.30]) by ns2.bafirst.com with esmtp; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:39:32 -0500 id 000DA804.4E0CA6C5.00007D82 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by unixmania.com with local; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:39:32 -0500 id 000CF6E7.4E0CA6C4.0000FC28 Received: from dsl-189-251-17-30-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-189-251-17-30-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.251.17.30]) by econet.encontacto.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:39:32 -0500 Message-ID: <20110630113932.61851rj8n47dwna8@econet.encontacto.net> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:39:32 -0500 From: eculp To: "C. P. Ghost" References: <20110629073105.17922wqmo8yonl6o@econet.encontacto.net> <841_1309361265_4E0B4471_841_3565_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C2309C85@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20110630095321.5406473qq4wd41kw@econet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (5.0-cvs) X-Remote-Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0 X-IMP-Server: 189.251.17.30 X-Originating-IP: 189.251.17.30 X-Originating-User: eculp@encontacto.net Cc: Gary Gatten , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:39:35 -0000 Quoting "C. P. Ghost" : > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:53 PM, eculp wrote: >> Quoting "C. P. Ghost" : >> >>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Gary Gatten wrote= : >>>> >>>> Of course it depends on your apps, but unless you're doing some HUGE >>>> number of connections, or your apps are .... "not good", this will be M= ORE >>>> than enough RAM and CPU. >>>> >>>> (...) >>>> >>>> Maybe turn this into a virtual host and make some use of that hardware, >>>> or just be happy using it at 5% capacity. >>> >>> ... or run some instances of Plone on it. Should be enough to keep it >>> busy and out of the idle thread even at moderate traffic. ;-) >> >> I agree but somehow my extra resources (memory, disk, cpu, etc.) always s= eem >> to find sponges in a short period of time. =A0This may be the exception. > > It's certainly no exception. Programs tend to expand over time, > and when they expand, they tend to use up more time as well. > > Since space and time complexity of programs are closely linked > to and bounded by each other, a corollary to Murphy's Law: > "Any given program will expand to fill all the available memory." > is, of course, > "Any given program will expand to use up all available CPU cycles." > > I'm half-joking though It has always been true for me. I think ol'Murphy really likes me ;) Thanks to all for having shared your combined wisdom, ed > Anyway, I'm sure you'll put that new machine > to great use! > >> thanks >> >> ed > > -cpghost. > > -- > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ >