From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 3 19:47:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B320B16A42A for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:47:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435D743D60 for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:47:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id jB3Jobb42318; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:50:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:47:29 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <754064B7-A3C1-4EE1-80D3-98C95ED377F6@shire.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: BSD vs Linux Threads X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:47:34 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [mailto:chad@shire.net] >Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 11:15 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux Threads > > >sent offlist so that you can fix it yourself (if indeed I am right, >which is not guaranteed :-) ) > >On Dec 2, 2005, at 11:27 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> Also keep in mind that freebsd filesystems are mounted async by >> default, >> not sync by default like Linux, as a result FreeBSD always does worse >> in these stupid bakeoffs you read about in the trade rags. > >Don't you mean just the opposite -- linux mounts by default asynch >and BSD synch so that the BSD is "disadvantaged"? > Oops, your right. Disadvantaged by speed of course - but if your server crashes, you won't think FreeBSD is disadvantaged. Ted