Re: Minimal hardware for web server

1997-07-08 Thread Paul Wade
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Paul Wade wrote: > > > > 8 Mb should be enough too. > > I don't know about that. Like I said before apache runs ok on the 8mb > > machine until I run some cgi/perl script. It was even worse when I had > Well... Maybe it's that

Re: Minimal hardware for web server

1997-07-08 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Paul Wade wrote: > > 8 Mb should be enough too. > I don't know about that. Like I said before apache runs ok on the 8mb > machine until I run some cgi/perl script. It was even worse when I had > slackware and then redhat on the machine. Even a 486DX2 was sluggish until > I wen

Re: Minimal hardware for web server

1997-07-08 Thread Paul Wade
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Paul Wade wrote: > > > I would think that 16mb ram would be a minimum regardless of CPU. > > 8 Mb should be enough too. I don't know about that. Like I said before apache runs ok on the 8mb machine until I run some cgi/perl s

Re: Minimal hardware for web server

1997-07-07 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Paul Wade wrote: > I would think that 16mb ram would be a minimum regardless of CPU. 8 Mb should be enough too. -- Nicolás Lichtmaier.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Minimal hardware for web server

1997-07-07 Thread Paul Wade
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have offered to set up a web server for computer science students > here at Western Kentucky University to practice their cgi and perhaps > java skills on. The machine would never have to support more than > about 5 simultaneous users, and usually w

Re: Minimal hardware for web server

1997-07-07 Thread Jim Pick
I used a 386/33 with 8MB RAM as my web server for almost a year. It was also running a busy mail server too. Something like that can handle quite a bit of load, surprisingly. I wouldn't want to run it with 4MB of RAM though. Actually, if you are teaching CGI, it's probably a really good idea to