Re: Number of Linux servers

Question

Geoff Puterbaugh wrote:
Madhu Epari wrote:
As per my knowledge goes 60-65 % web servers run on Apache and very few on
Linux.Perhaps we should clarify the terms:
Linux is an operating system which comes bundled with Apache.
Apache is an HTTP server, which is being ported to NT (another
operating system).
As further clarification, Apache is an HTTP server which is bundled with many
Linux distributions. Linux, however, is not bundled with Apache.
Apache runs on many Unixes. Recently, it has been modified to run more
efficiently on NT. There is a version for the Macintosh, as well.
The number of Apache web servers on the net is probably greater than the number
of Linux web servers. Nevertheless, there are a lot of Linux servers out
there--not "very few".
FWIW, I think Forte should consider/do a Linux port. I don't think it would be a
big effort, and, at the very least, it would garner lots of PR. I know I'd love
to be able to use Linux for development rather than NT.
- Coty
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Madhu Epari also wrote;
But what are u trying to figure out by this statistics?I'm trying to figure out how many web servers are Linux.
All my best,
Geoff
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Answer 1

At 11:03 PM 8/23/98 -0700, Geoff Puterbaugh wrote:
Madhu Epari wrote:
As per my knowledge goes 60-65 % web servers run on Apache and very few on
Linux. Perhaps we should clarify the terms:
Linux is an operating system which comes bundled with Apache.
Apache is an HTTP server, which is being ported to NT (another
operating system).
Madhu Epari also wrote;
But what are u trying to figure out by this statistics?I'm trying to figure out how many web servers are Linux.Well, I don't know how many of them are on Linux, but the 80% number
(actually, I think it was slightly higher) is the number that comes to mind
from my days with the AltaVista folks. Needless to say, as they crawl the
web, they just need to keep track (and they did).
I can see it being a reasonably high number, though. We did some statistics
and figured out that a 486/33 w/16 MB of main memory (yup! you read that
right!) could serve up over 100K pages per day. And, as sites go, that's
starting to get to the high end of medium. Now, you can't even buy hardware
like that anymore - you just have to find it laying around gathering dust.
If you go for a Pentium 133 or 166 - it's downright peppy - even when it's
doing a bunch of other stuff as well (mail, ftp, etc.). Plus, all admin can
be done remotely via telnet. Don't try that on NT. (Bill, eat your heart
out!! Yeah, like he listens to me!)
I don't know if the folks at AltaVista or Yahoo keep OS statistics on
servers (I know they do on browsers), but you might contact them, if you're
really curious.
Stephen
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