If you want something that will handle tons of hits and scale widely, you
should probably stay away from Squeak, because you'd have to implement
both of those capabilities. I don't know how many hits Advantive gets at
swiki.net, but they claim to be running at 80% the speed of Apache with a
really good up time. So, this can be done, but you have to realize that
they reworked several primitives, and their solution only works with
WinNT. In a recent test we did, Comanche performed at about 30% the speed
of Apache. Take a look at the STOMP testing
(http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/csl/27) and the PDF document link at the
bottom of that page to see if Comanche is worth your consideration.
If you are looking to do a standard website whose goal is the same as
your average I-want-a-million-hits-a-day website, I'd recomment going
with something more standard, such as Apache on FreeBSD. If you want to
play with Squeak or quickly prototype new kinds of functionality, then
go with Comanche.
I hope that helps,
Je77
