--On November 29, 2005 3:40:11 PM -0500 Paul A Houle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
* prefork and worker seem to be about equally fast on linux?
Yup - this is because forking and threading are equivalent (by and large)
on Linux.
* is the case on Solaris?
No. The threading gains of worker are seen with Solaris and, I believe,
AIX.
* MacOS X?
I haven't done a lot of high-end sites on Mac OS X.
* Solaris 9 is embarassingly slow running Apache compared to Linux -- is
the same the case with Solaris 10?
If it's on equivalent hardware (i.e. Linux/Intel vs. Solaris/Intel on the
same box), I doubt there will be an extreme performance gap. In fact, I've
often seen Solaris outperform Linux on certain types of loads. In my
experience, a lot of Linux network card drivers are sub-standard; if it's
supported by Solaris, there's a fair chance the driver takes full advantage
of the hardware. (Netgear GigE drivers on Linux are abysmal.) -- justin
