Re: [cobalt-users] anonymous ftp on raq 4I

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Paul Jacobs wrote:
> >see it.  Show me the scalability.
> 
> Try 500 real orders a week, and 1000's of hits just browsing...

That's one order every 20 minutes, hell, a pocket calculator can handle
that :P

And a hit every few minutes....big deal

> I am trying to show you that it is possible to run access in a production 
> machine and it will respond in a timely manner to you, granted SQL is far 
> faster, but for small sites SQL is way over kill.

And the scalability is where? When the site gets really big and mega hits
what do you do ? redesign the entire thing all over from scratch again to
now use SQL ?

> Now take you head out of your ass and put a load on the site above if you 
> don't belive me.

Going around challenging people to break your server isn't too bright imho

> Red hat cryes fowl when windows 2K wins, saying " we did not "tune" it right.

No, they cry foul when the benchmarks focus on a particular type of test
case that does not represent real works usage, it's easy to serve some
kinds of content, harder to serve others...And application flexability far
outweighs raw speen in anycase, most web servers are considerable
overpowered for basic needs to start with..

CPU power is dirt cheap, design and implimentation labor, upgrade,
support, and software licencing are where the costs are.
> 
> >And, quite frankly, you're claims of "you have to know what
> >you're doing" amuse me.  Learn Unix.
> 
> Why when windows can do most of what unix can?

If yo spend a fortune, it might so many of the things, but it will never
to *all* , only many, or some...and it will cost you

> > > That is not was SUN says about the cobalt boxes.... Gee could there

I admit SUN does assume a certain level of competance on the part of their
end users, like the ability to follow simple directions, Havn't seen a
cobalt for dummies book yet...

> > > marketing people be getting worse than microsoft's?, or do they just flat
> > > out LIE....Noway sun LIE to sell product... it's un-heard off .

Hmm, no where on sun documentation do i see the words "can be administered
by an idiot" ;)

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