Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:42:07 +0100 (CET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: GURU needed: Linux vs. FreeBSD |
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On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Ilia M. Zubkov wrote:
> Linux vs. FreeBSD: I wonder what kernel/OS is considered the best > and most stable to run on a high-loaded systems, such > WWW/SQL/FTP/NEWS systems with big traffic?
There's not much of a difference between the systems. Both Linux and OpenBSD provide the level of performance, security and stability you need.
> So, what about Linux kernel? What do linux gurus think: is Linux a good > choice for a professional heavy-loaded WWW/SQL/FTP/NEWS system? Is it > stable if heavy-loaded? Any pointers to docs answering my question?
The docs point is an argement for Linux. Linux documentation seems to be somewhat more abundant for Linux.
> If speaking about my experience, we are a small ISP distributing our > services on many Linux boxes, so there are no experience of running > heavy-loaded systems, no problems. But I wonder what happens if I > need a stable solution for big traffic one day.
Since both Linux and *BSD provide all you need, your choice is best made on where your own expertise is. A well-setup Linux system will be better than a slightly-off-tune BSD system that was half-done by some <insert-other-OS-here>-junky.
> P.S. Sorry if this is considered an offtopic.
It's not that bad, as long as this thread: - stops here - serves as a reminder to us not to forget the high-end servers (there are some thoughts about how to better scale towards the very high end, we will want to solidify those before 2.3 is started)
cheers,
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