Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:47:18 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Sedore <cmsedore@mailbox.syr.edu> To: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Comparing FreeBSD and other OSs Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960311163810.19606B-100000@gamera.syr.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603111153.MAA14681@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de>
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On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > > The tough part is probably locating / creating portable benchmarks. > > Well, I went to see a man about a horse yesterday, and while we were > waiting for somebody to bring it out, he said: "You know, we're in the > same business. Our company is just installing a Web server". So I > asked what software they were using, and was told NT. I suggested > that this might not be the best choice, and he said "Well, we're only > 5 people. They tell me that we might run into trouble if we have more > than 15 concurrent accesses". > > Now I can't remember the performance figures for FreeBSD, and he > didn't say what kind of machine it would be, but there's nothing > cheaper than a 100 MHz 486 nowadays, so it sounds to me like FreeBSD > would run rings round the NT box. So I thought up a scenario: > > We contact a number of manufacturers and computer magazines, > world-wide, and set up a benchmark web server machine. Every day, > we change the operating system, but we don't tell anybody what the > OS de jour is. We invite everybody on the web to try to access it, > and to tell us what they think of the perceived response time. At > the same time, we monitor the performance (and, of course, down time > if the be any). How would you attract the users? I like the idea, but am at a loss for how to get the users to come and see. What content distribution would you use (size of files, etc)? > This would have the advantage of being a benchmark in the public eye, > and one in which the BSD OSs would have a clear lead. Any thoughts? I'm quite confident that NT doesn't "run into trouble" at 15 concurrent accesses (at least with my web server), so it might be wise to run some tests in the background before "strut our stuff" too confidently :) I like the idea, though. Does someone have great insight on a attracting large numbers of users? (Ignoring the obvious, ehem, "lude" content :) -Chris
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