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On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Horms wrote:
> The key factors you need to take into account are:
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> * The more packets/s you expect the more CPU power you will need.
Would 2.4 be a better solution, doesn't it have better networking code?
Would multi-processor help on the director?
> * The more simultaneous connections you expect the more memory you will need
The RAM requirements are hard coded into the kernel when you build the
module right?
> * Network bandwidth is usually a limitation.
For web serving the inbound bandwidth is tiny compared to the outbound so
a 100MB NIC should be plenty
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> With that in mind I would say the system you have would be a good start,
> but of course you should do some cpacity testing before you put
> it into production.
Does anyone have any stats for this? CPUxRAMxNIC = x/connections/sec. I'm
assuming a 133Mhz FSB would improve things a bit as well.
-Matt
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