On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 02:43:02AM +0300, Angelin Lalev wrote: > Earlier today mostly out of curiosity I installed OpenBSD for the > first time. I used it to replace perfectly sound installation of > debian+lighttpd which served some big files in my home network. > Unfortunately I'm noticing drastic performance degradation. > The debian server achieved speeds that were well into the megabyte per > second range. Now > OpenBSD + httpd (the included apache 1.3) on the same machine (P4 > 2,4) gives me only 20Kbit/sec traffic on 100Mbit Ethernet which is > rather weird and actually had me checking cables, switches and duplex > modes. It seems that everything is ok with them. > > Is it possible this limitation to be result of some OpenBSD > configuration option that I'm missing?
As a rule, openbsd doesn't need extensive kernel tweaking, even minor kernel tweaking is very rare. You didn't post a dmesg, so I can't comment on anything in hardware support that would affect performance. Posting a dmesg when you have a problem or are asking a question is a very good idea, because it contains a ton of information. Note that your test-case changes two variables: you changed operating system (linux/debian vs openbsd) and http server (lighttpd vs apache 1.3). Also, the circumstances under which the performance was measured is not specified; measured performance often tests very different to real world traffic. Anyway, insufficient information to process your question, more input required. :) -- Ariane
