Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:53:20 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: Rasmus Skaarup <rasmus@gal.dk>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UnixBench 4.0.1 results on Linux and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000414115320.A35051@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004140106420.53963-100000@skaarup.org>; from rasmus@gal.dk on Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 01:29:35AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004140106420.53963-100000@skaarup.org>
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On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 01:29:35AM +0200, Rasmus Skaarup wrote: > > Hi, > > I did some benchmarking one machine with both FreeBSD and Linux as the > OS, and got the following results.. <results snipped> > I know this doesn't mean that Linux rulez, but why does FreeBSD perform > under 1/4 of when Linux was installed in the filesystem tests? > A default linux install uses async mounts, a default FreeBSD install uses sync mounts which is much slower but gives better chances when recovering from a crash. To speed up the FreeBSD file performance without reverting to a 'dangerous' async mount you could enable softupdates. I'm not sure however if this explains all of the 1/4... I would be interested to know. Karel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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