Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-05 Thread Harry Zink
While it is certainly entertaining to observe the bickerings of your two, on here, allow me a suggestion that will actually benefit those who need to use these tools, and are more interested in performance than politics: I am going to set up two identical boxes, and install either of your two sol

Re: Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-06 Thread Ralf S. Engelschall
On Wed, May 05, 1999, Harry Zink wrote: > While it is certainly entertaining to observe the bickerings of your two, on > here, allow me a suggestion that will actually benefit those who need to use > these tools, and are more interested in performance than politics: > > I am going to set up two

Re: Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-06 Thread Harry Zink
> Fine. Although from a performance point of view you'll not see much > differences, of course. It's more the functionality you've to compare IMHO. > For this an overview chart is useful... Understood, and I will compare functionality, as well as ease of use, and ease of install. After all, some

Re: Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-06 Thread Ralf S. Engelschall
On Thu, May 06, 1999, Harry Zink wrote: > > Fine. Although from a performance point of view you'll not see much > > differences, of course. It's more the functionality you've to compare IMHO. > > For this an overview chart is useful... > > Understood, and I will compare functionality, as well as

Re: Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-06 Thread Neil Kandalgaonkar
Just a note from one of the teeming millions. The current situation is rather confusing. Like many I had originally thought ApacheSSL & mod_ssl were the same thing. I'm also one of those who had initial difficulties installing ApacheSSL, so I tried out mod_ssl. Ralf's extensive website and the p

Re: Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-07 Thread Niels Poppe
"Ralf S. Engelschall" wrote: > > > > RPMs? No, please compile from scratch and both packages the same way, of > > > course. > > > > The RPM issue came from the 'ease of installation' standpoint - no problem, > > I'll do the compile then for both. > > Ok, for me "ease of installation" is a pure f

Re: Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-14 Thread Ben Laurie
Harry Zink wrote: > > > I'm just saying that there is a definite need for some third-party > > point-by-point comparison. > > Considering that at this point not only have many mod_SSL users provided > suggestions and support for this benchmark project, but Ralph was one of the > first to jump in

Re: Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-14 Thread Harry Zink
> I'm just saying that there is a definite need for some third-party > point-by-point comparison. Considering that at this point not only have many mod_SSL users provided suggestions and support for this benchmark project, but Ralph was one of the first to jump in with suggestions and help, I'm v

Re: Benchmarks not Bickerings : (What is the difference...)

1999-05-15 Thread Harry Zink
> Since you are having the discussion on a mod_ssl support list, I find > this unsurprising. Not entirely, since I posted mine in the thread that you and Ralph were 'going at it'. While amusing and entertaining, I did not find it contributed much to the general understanding of the differences be