From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 16:06:23 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 C4AFD106566C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:06:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FF788FC12 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:06:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so2396077vws.13 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:06:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.118.193 with SMTP id w1mr851098vcq.96.1309449982132; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:06:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.7.146 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:06:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.173.75] In-Reply-To: <20110630095321.5406473qq4wd41kw@econet.encontacto.net> References: <20110629073105.17922wqmo8yonl6o@econet.encontacto.net> <841_1309361265_4E0B4471_841_3565_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C2309C85@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20110630095321.5406473qq4wd41kw@econet.encontacto.net> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:06:21 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: eculp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 16:06:23 -0000 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. Anyway, I'm sure you'll put that new machine to great use! > thanks > > ed -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/