Re:Ask HN: Do you use FreeBSD as web server? Why or why not?
by officialchicken on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @01:16AM
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Yes because it has lower response latency and performs about 12-15% better than Ubuntu on top of much lower CPU and RAM usage on AWS for hosting the same nodejs apps.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you use FreeBSD as web server? Why or why not?
by jsmthrowaway on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @02:02AM
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Quantify what you mean by "better," please. I'd assume you're still talking about latency (quantify that, too; TTFB? TTLB? Lower median? p95?) but there's an "and" in there, so I'm not sure. RPS? Throughput? Utilization? Fan0 RPM? Revenue?
I might have been kidding at the end there.
Pardon the questions -- I'm suspicious (seems high) but willing to be surprised.