On 2004.10.21 13:51:25 +0000, Riba wrote:
> I've been setting a Sun Netra i (basically a Sparc Station 5, 110 MHz 
> processor, 256 MB RAM, 10k RPM 9.1 GB hard drive) to use as a web 
> server.
> However I'm wondering a bit about the performance. I assumed that it 
> would be plenty powerful for running a single web site 
> (apache/mysql/PHP).
> I'm running some local tests, and it hesitates a bit when opening the 
> site. Top shows that mysql eats about 30% of the CPU when accessing the 
> site. It is underpowered for this task, or is there something I'm 
> missing? Thanks!

I think that's normal behaviour. Your processor isn't really powerful
as you might thought. My Sparc Station 20 (2 x LM50 - 50Mhz) needs 1/2 
minutes to start to start apache.

Regards

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Rui Paulo                          "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
                                      -- Leonardo da Vinci