Post B0QyplBeH0utsI834S by m0xEE@nosh0b10.m0xee.net
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(DIR) Post #B0OkMKBxVNYlPHF5Rg by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-19T08:45:11Z
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Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Comparedhttps://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/#ITNotes #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #zoneshosting
(DIR) Post #B0OsDMxWe9Xl13jRqK by kinderstampfer@mstdn.social
2025-11-19T10:13:14Z
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@stefano The performance of FreeBSD is quite interesting here.Might this be due to all the optimization work for throughput and resource utilization that happened in the recent years? (at least partly driven by $large_streaming_provider as far as i'm aware)
(DIR) Post #B0OtA6GCNMtmJLTGwi by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-19T10:20:44Z
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@kinderstampfer It probably is. But it's always been extremely efficient, even 20 years ago. I think it's just the result of good engineering that, time after time, continues to be a good base for all the new technologies/improvements
(DIR) Post #B0OtA7g76VDqi0bTyi by kinderstampfer@mstdn.social
2025-11-19T10:23:01Z
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@stefano Very true that good engineering pays off :-)And now that you say it, i kinda remember FreeBSD being the thing that was recommended back then if you wanted all the performance possible.
(DIR) Post #B0OvFPNqu1a8yfi5Pk by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-19T10:47:09Z
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@kinderstampfer exactly. Back in 2002, FreeBSD was the OS that was giving the best {networking,cpu,ram} performance. Sure, Linux has improved - and I'm glad it did! - but the solid foundations of FreeBSD are still tangible today
(DIR) Post #B0P2IaMHFsdfYwR3Zo by cienmilojos@infosec.exchange
2025-11-19T12:06:18Z
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@stefano great write up. Hit all major points fairly. It's good to see FreeBSD and Debian still kicking ass.
(DIR) Post #B0Q02DdrwMrpj3gxRA by pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-19T23:15:32Z
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@stefano Are there any sysctl knobs/dials you'd recommend for optimising a web stack on FreeBSD?
(DIR) Post #B0QqTsOtyNucFANkNk by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
2025-11-20T09:03:04Z
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Great work on the benchmark! Really cool to see how close the top systems are on HTTP-only — FreeBSD, Debian and Alpine all around ~63k req/s.Slackware also uses a very clean, vanilla Linux stack with almost no overhead, so I imagine it would land in that same top group for static nginx hosting.Would be interesting to see Slackware included in a future round of tests.
(DIR) Post #B0QyplBeH0utsI834S by m0xEE@nosh0b10.m0xee.net
2025-11-20T10:26:25Z
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@r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe @stefano@bsd.cafeI expect the greatest contributing factor here to be musl vs glibc — the difference among distros based on the same standard library is likely negligible.