Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:54:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Which OS is Fastest Article Message-ID: <20010629115111.H76646-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <3B3BECAF.262E56F4@gerhardt-it.com>
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Scott Gerhardt wrote: > Has anyone read this article: > > http://www.sysadminmag.com/articles/2001/0107/0107a/0107a.htm > > "Which OS is Fastest for High-Performance Network Applications?" > By Jeffrey b. Rothman and John Buckman > Sys Admin July 2001 Volume 10 Number 7 > > I just finished reading the article and now I'm really confused. I was > always under the impression that FreeBSD was a top performer compared to > Linux, Win2000 and Solaris. The article suggests that FreeBSD is poor > in terms of raw performance according to the tests performed in the > article. I must say that the article does not take all factors such as > stability and security into account. > > I may be starting a pretty ugly thread, but I'm interested in what other > Sys Admins and FreeBSD users have to say based on real life experiences. > We had the ugly thread a week or two ago. I refer you to http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=602613 for more information on comparative "benchmarks." -ac -- =================================================================== Alex Charalabidis Worldspice Technologies 5050 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN, USA +1 901 432 6000 Opinions expressed are mine alone but may be yours for a small fee. =================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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