Introduction
About a year ago, a minor debate popped up on the linux-kernel mailing list over use of particular servers and operating systems, and the popularity thereof. A couple of folks posited that the real test of a high-volume ecommerce server wasn’t something wussified like Amazon, that the real test of pumping out files wasn’t a toy like cdrom.com; rather the real test of server power was porn sites.
And who am I to argue? So, in order to provide an, ahem, alternative view on system suitability to high volume work, allow me to present… the smutcraft survey.
| Web Server | Proportion | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Apache | 87.20% | 2772 |
| Microsoft-IIS | 6.51% | 207 |
| Zeus | 2.33% | 74 |
| 1.89% | 60 | |
| thttpd | 0.28% | 9 |
| tigershark | 0.28% | 9 |
| WebSite | 0.25% | 8 |
| AOLserver | 0.16% | 5 |
| Netscape-Enterprise | 0.13% | 4 |
| WebSitePro | 0.13% | 4 |
| WorldNames Webrouter 1.69 | 0.13% | 4 |
| WebSTAR NetCloak | 0.09% | 3 |
| PimpServer | 0.06% | 2 |
| SAMBAR 4.3 | 0.06% | 2 |
| StarMedia – LatinRed 8.0 | 0.06% | 2 |
| Brainex | 0.03% | 1 |
| CERN | 0.03% | 1 |
| ConcetricHost-Ashurbanipal | 0.03% | 1 |
| Draupnir | 0.03% | 1 |
| JavaWebServer | 0.03% | 1 |
| Resin | 0.03% | 1 |
| Thunderbolt Server | 0.03% | 1 |
| WebServer | 0.03% | 1 |
| WebSTAR | 0.03% | 1 |
| Xitami | 0.03% | 1 |
| Total | 3179 |
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