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Originally posted by megag
A server OS selection should be tailored to the application requirements, i.e. multithreading, # of threads needs, memory management, multi-processor support, etc, etc. For a basic static content web server, it really does not matter that much.
My personal favorite is Solaris 9 with a kernel HTTP caching. Get a SUPER cheap Sun Ultra 1 or 2 on Ebay for $60-$80 with lots of memory... fine tune the TCP stack, install static/stripped build of Apache without the extra modules, enable module NMAP to server static content from the memory and you are all set. The perfomance is almost identical that you would get from a $3,000 box.
My 2Cents,
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How is Solaris's kernel http caching? The last time I played with it was a few years ago, and it was really unstable (it was beta then) ..
Is the performance really that good? The memory architecture of those old suns' can't compete with a dual ddr box that I could build for $750 (the kind that I lease out for bigserverhosting.com) .. Combined with Tux & apache behind it for serving content, I'd think the linux box should be able to stomp all over the solaris box .
I should really play around with solaris more.. I've got a dual ultraII 300 box with a gig of memory , that I got for free.. bet it'd make a great virtual hosting server... Been trying to talk one of my customers into giving me their old e4500 with 10 procs and 8 gigs of memory, and a 10-disk jbod for a week's worth of consulting.. I've been thinking that'd make a GREAT virtual server hosting system..
Maybe I should set the dual ultra ii up and benchmark it against one of my boxes this weekend.. Any tuning tips for solaris so I can make a good comparison?