From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 08:49:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C70106564A; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from smtp3.clear.net.nz (smtp3.clear.net.nz [203.97.33.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 885348FC1E; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from zmori.markir.net (121-73-168-7.dsl.telstraclear.net [121.73.168.7]) by smtp3.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id <0KAX00IWPMHV0L30@smtp3.clear.net.nz>; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:34:44 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:34:37 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood In-reply-to: To: Adrian Chadd Message-id: <492D0A1D.9070602@paradise.net.nz> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <200811242107.mAOL7JB9058269@lava.sentex.ca> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081109) Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Steven Hartland , Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 BETA 2 vs Opensolaris vs Ubuntu performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:49:47 -0000 Adrian Chadd wrote: > 2% may not sound like a lot but it starts becoming measurable savings > when the number of boxes involved is ${LARGE}. > > 2c, > > Yeah, but the margin for error in these tests is undoubtedly > 2%. AFAICS this benchmark shows that Freebsd is "up there" with these guys - slower on some, faster on some - no problem. regards Mark