Wes Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One of the classic trade-offs in making a 'server' vs. 'workstation' > operating system. Workstations require a strong preference for > interactive over background tasks so the interactive tasks will > remain responsive, especially in terms of heavily event-driven tasks > like graphical UIs. For a true server, where interactive tasks are > not the norm, this preference may be counter-productive.
Umm, remember that "interactive" here means "performs I/O", even if that I/O is a database lookup or a TCP connection. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
