Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:24:08 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: nik@iii.co.uk, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Solaris calls Hotmail shots for Microsoft Message-ID: <19980427222408.A16053@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <19980427103813.03099@iii.co.uk>; from nik@iii.co.uk on Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 10:38:13AM %2B0100 References: <19980427103813.03099@iii.co.uk>
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On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 10:38:13AM +0100, nik@iii.co.uk wrote: > In a leaked report, sources close to Hotmail said: "... its whole mail > server infrastructure is Solaris. NT couldn't handle it. On the web > server, they're running MP Pentiums and Apache on FreeBSD. They're ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > moving to Solaris for threads. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Does that mean we are not performing well enough without doing more on our threads implementation ? Someone with a good guess ? Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html powered by ,,symmetric multiprocessor FreeBSD'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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