From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 22 05:54:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23576106564A for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:54:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daniel@digsys.bg) Received: from smtp-sofia.digsys.bg (smtp-sofia.digsys.bg [193.68.3.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A9328FC14 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:54:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dcave.digsys.bg (dcave.digsys.bg [192.92.129.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-sofia.digsys.bg (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBM5sR2C038968 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:54:33 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from daniel@digsys.bg) Message-ID: <4EF2C613.3020609@digsys.bg> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:54:27 +0200 From: Daniel Kalchev User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111110 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4EF25468.9040204@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:54:37 -0000 On 22.12.11 00:33, Igor Mozolevsky wrote: > Using the same argument one can say that Ferrari F430 vs Toyota Prius > is a meaningless comparison because the under-the-hood equipment is > different. Of course, it is meaningless, the Ferrari will lose big time in the fuel consumption comparison! I believe it will also lose the price comparison as well. Not to speak the availability comparison. You say that comparison is meaningless, yet you intend to compare those two cars? Any 'benchmark' has a goal. You first define the goal and then measure how different contenders achieve it. Reaching the goal may have several measurable metrics, that you will use to later declare the winner in each. Besides, you need to define a baseline and be aware of what theoretical max/min values are possible. Daniel