At 04:34 PM 12/13/99 GMT, Derek Rader wrote:
>I've been using RH6.1 for a couple of months and I want to creat a server
>with Apache. My question is on performance. With a 400mhz Pentium and 128
>MB of RAM and a cable modem will I be able to handle traffic?
>
>This may seem a little general but I'm not sure how much performance I need
>for a fast loading web site for users who have dial up connections.
It's hard to say for sure without knowing what you're going to provide but
unless you're running very CPU-intensive applications, I would imagine this
computer could handle quite a bit of web traffic. I've had positive
reactions (>95% rated it "responsive" or "very responsive") to a CGI-based
survey that took about 1000 hits/day on an old, untuned 486 with 40MB RAM
running RH 5.2. For applications that take 1000 hits in a minute, you're
obviously going to need more bandwidth and hardware.
So I guess your computer could probably saturate your cable connection.
Doing so would probably bring the attention of your cable company, however.
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