Haiku as a server platform?

Forum thread started by togs_01 on Thu, 2005-05-12 07:20

I came to BeOS rather late in the game, so I've never really had a chance at using it. I'm waiting for Haiku now. :P

Question is, how viable would Haiku/BeOS be as a server platform? Specifically web (SQL, PHP) and mail. The load would not be heavy. The question is more of a prelude to a project then anything else.

Would the fact that BeOS and Haiku R1 are/will be single user pose any security problems? I imagine that the use of multithreading will greatly enchance a server's load-bearing potential.

What other problems/advantages could be seen in using Haiku as a server platform?

I don't have a BeOS machine at the moment, but there's a Toshiba 440 CDT laptop sitting here doing nothing which wll do once I get a AC adaptor. Haven't checked Frizbe yet, but will do. :P

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Haiku as a server platform?

by tb100 - 2005-05-12 09:29

I think Haiku will be better as a server than R5, but not as good as the BSDs/linux. The networking side of things should be greatly improved as the network stack will be housed in the kernel, which will bring large speed benefits.

However Haiku is tuned to be a desktop OS - that means it switches threads very quickly to stay responsive to user input at all time. The switching does incur a penalty though, for webserving it's not as vital that everything stays responsive for everyone (and under heavy load, is really not worth trying), it's more helpful to devote most processor time to dealing with requests. It's a different problem.

For light loads it should be just fine though.