From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 5 17:42:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA01744 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 5 May 1997 17:42:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA01731; Mon, 5 May 1997 17:42:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199705060042.RAA01731@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SMP hardware recommendations To: abial@korin.warman.org.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 17:42:39 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Andrzej Bialecki" at May 5, 97 10:14:08 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > It will probably take a few weeks before I have the hardware, but when I > finally have it, I'm willing to do some tests. BUT: How to reliably test > the performance of SMP FreeBSD vs. UP Sun Sparc, so that the results would > be comparable? Dunno yet... :-( why not compare UP FreeBSD to UP Sun Sparc?? i think you will be very surprised at hwo well FreeBSD does. then go ahead and normalize for hardware cost :) jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Core Team, Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB