From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 21:50:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C36316A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:50:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5E1F43D39 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:50:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch01.acuson.com ([157.226.230.208]:2373) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D0RVE-0005ry-5k; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:42:04 -0800 Received: by mvaexch01.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <17HXN9T5>; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:10:48 -0800 Message-ID: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641A18@mvaexch01.acuson.com> From: Johnson David To: 'Sander Vesik' MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: RE: SPAM: Score 2.0: Re: Benchmark: NetBSD 2.0 beats FreeBSD 5.3 in server performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:50:53 -0000 X-Original-Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:23:47 -0800 X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:50:53 -0000 > From: Sander Vesik [mailto:sander.vesik@gmail.com] > > No but many people run servers on single CPU machines and performance > on those matters too. Just because a benchmark result is not what you > might like it to tell you doesn't mean its not valid or that it > doesn't highlight valid concerns. Performance is not all that matters. In most server environments it isn't even the highest priority. By choice I drive a Honda Civic instead of a Ferrari. To some people this sounds like stupidity, and they think I should be driving whichever vehicle has the highest horsepower, torque and acceleration. Heck, I've even had fellow Honda owners berate me for not upgrading to the EX model with its marginally larger engine! FreeBSD has been taking a lot of hits recently from advocates of other BSDs, especially on Slashdot, and I think it's time we all sit back and breath in some fresh perspective. These benchmarks are good to pointing out areas FreeBSD may wish to consider improving, but they shouldn't be intrepreted as faults with FreeBSD. David