Re: [cobalt-users] Red Hat Tux 2.0 blows away Apache

["Charles Williams \(CEO\)" <hosting.mailing.list.account@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Paul" <paulbentz@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Red Hat Tux 2.0 blows away Apache


> >ZD is running a story about the Tux webserver that RedHat has built.
> >3 times the speed of Apache.  Hmmm...
>
> Just a few thoughts on this new whiz-bang-change-the-world Web server:
>
> Apache was designed to be moderately fast, free, and run on as many server
> hardware and software configurations as possible. That's why it is the
main
> Web server software out on the Internet. Sure, it doesn't support every
> feature you want, but you can easily hack it/patch it/"modulize" it to fit
> your needs. It's not extremely fast, but how many people REALLY get
several
> thousand transactions PER SECOND?
> In contrast Tux seems to only work well with Linux 2.4, and on certain
> platforms. SSL? Nope, but "it's in development."
> IMHO, people will not go for fickle, new server software that's not
> thoroughly tested for the sake of more transactions per second, unless
they
> are running something like CNN.com.
> Paul
>

You also have to figure that if Apache crashes you don't have to reboot
(it's not integrated into the kernel).  Also, Apache handles static and
dynamic content at a fairly steady pace.  For the dynamic content that Tux
CAN handle it handles it very well, but there is still a lot missing.  In
other words, until it's stable enough to not worry about rebooting and can
handle as much and as many differant types of dynamic content as Apache can,
it is only a good start and nothing more for the serious minded.

Now don't get me wrong.  I would love to see a better web server that is
quicker to load and lighter on the system overall.  However, it's just not
there yet.

chuck