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I would think that as long as he's got some UN*X variant/flavor on there, that a p90 would be enough. Now, had he put Microsoft NT/IIS on there, it probably wouldn't be able to handle the os, much less running web services. You'd be suprised at how silly a UN*X flavor can make an NT box look when you compare them side by side. Hell, I know someone that runs 4 heavily traveled non-profit websites on a 486sx33 with 4 megs of ram and a couple of megs of hardrive space running FreeBSD. They get a couple a decent amount of hits a day, and never even burp. When people find out that it's only a 486sx33, they are usually quite impressed. All I can say is that you could not do that with a microsoft product. Joe Shaw - [email protected] NetAdmin - Insync Internet Services "Learn more, and you will never starve." - Paraphrase of Lee I know this is slightly off topic, and I'll stop right here... Hope everyone else has the sense to do the same. On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Joseph T. Klein wrote: > Is the NAP.NET web server still a 90MHz Pentium running BSDI? > > Chris A. Icide wrote: > > > Interesting enough, > > > > Take this little tidbit. The methodology in general was performance > > testing of the backbone's web site. (Which in itself is probably an > > accurate measurement goal for the level of subscribers to that > > magazine) However, Nap.Net's web site was sitting behind a > > Fractional T1 off of our chicago node while the web page was > > being overhauled during this test period. So, the rating for > > Nap.Net reflects a Fractional (actually 22 channels) T1 > > performance. This is interesting in the light that Nap.Net > > still scored above the average and the median. > > > > Chris > > > > ---------- > > From: Sean Donelan[SMTP:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 1997 5:34 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Internet Backbone Index > > > > I guess it was only a matter of time. The Keynote/Boardwatch > > Internet Backbone Index > > > > http://www.keynote.com/measures/backbones/backbones.html > > > > I'm not going to comment on the methodology flaws, but it does > > show what will fill the information gap. I do like the line "The > > world's fastest network provides good service to its users only if it > > does a good job of connecting to the rest of the Internet." > > Unfortunately > > I don't think this study really shows that. > > -- > > Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO > > Affiliation given for identification not representation > > -- > Joseph T. Klein | mailto:[email protected] > Chief of Development | http://www.titania.net > >
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