[rescue] MOSIX

Julius Sridhar vance at ikickass.org
Fri Jan 18 08:58:32 CST 2002


On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Loomis, Rip wrote:

> > > What's the lowest-end system(s) that anyone here has used to run
> > > a database-backed website?
> >
> > I did it with an 8MHz 80286.  It worked, too.
>
> Hmm.  Details?  What OS/HTTPd/DB?  (Lord, I think my parents still
> have two 286-class systems sitting around somewhere...)  Also, let
> me ask a variant of the original question:

OS, MINIX.  HTTPd, TinyD.  DB, completely custom corner-to-corner search
cube.  This was years ago.

> What's the lowest-end system(s) that anyone here has used to run
> a database-backed website with a measurable sustained load?
> I'll define measurable as an estimated average of > 1 dynamic page
> view per minute during "normal working hours"--but feel free to
> re-define measurable as it suits you.

Well, I did some load testing and it held up pretty well.

Peace...  Sridhar



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