On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 12:30:20AM -0400, David Freeman wrote:
> I am putting together a new web server to serve our new
> web site. We expect a-lot of traffic on this site, so we have purchased
> a HP LH4 quad xeon 550 2mb cache server. The site will use the mysql
> database to hold about 125,000 squ's with descriptions, and notes for
> each squ. The web surfers will be searching through the database
> frequently.
> My question is, what is the best OS for a heavy usage, multi-processor
> mysql database driven web site. We could use almost anything, but we
> would prefer to use a free OS such as freebsd or Linux based OS.
This is treading dangerously close to religious war..
I would wager that the performance difference between a Linux install
and a FreeBSD install would be so small that it would be more
valuable to make the decision based on a different criteria.
Perhaps instead of performance, you can weigh whether it on which platform your
developers are most comfortable with, or have the most experience in..
There are exceptions of course, such as one OS having better drivers for
your hardware than another, but generally, it's hard to place one as
being better than the other when the choices are FreeBSD or Linux.
Linux vs say, Solaris on the other hand is much different. Especially where
MySQL or Apache are concerned. [Solaris being the bad choice on that hardware]
--
Michael Bacarella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Technical Staff / System Development,
New York Connect.Net, Ltd.
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