From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 03:18:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A442716A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 03:18:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from stephanie.unixdaemons.com (stephanie.unixdaemons.com [67.18.111.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 380DD43D48 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 03:18:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bmilekic@technokratis.com) Received: from stephanie.unixdaemons.com (bmilekic@localhost.unixdaemons.com [127.0.0.1])j063IlTF022732; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:18:47 -0500 (EST) Received: (from bmilekic@localhost) by stephanie.unixdaemons.com (8.13.2/8.12.1/Submit) id j063IlKX022730; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:18:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bmilekic@technokratis.com) X-Authentication-Warning: stephanie.unixdaemons.com: bmilekic set sender to bmilekic@technokratis.com using -f Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:18:47 -0500 From: Bosko Milekic To: Igor Shmukler Message-ID: <20050106031847.GA22306@technokratis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: Hubert Feyrer cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Benchmark: NetBSD 2.0 beats FreeBSD 5.3 in server performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 03:18:53 -0000 Not to mention, FreeBSD5 has yet to be micro-optimized. How about some scalability benchmarks on multi-CPU machines? The original post (particular since it was sent to -advocacy) is FUD. -Bosko On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 05:52:24AM +0300, Igor Shmukler wrote: > Hubert, The benchmark suite in question is not bad, but it's a microb= enchmark suite. BTW, when we used the suite to tune kernel for ourt nee= ds we had to change many things. As of a year ago some tests had to be= modified, otherwise we might start tuning for the wrong goals. The tit= le of this email and the article is NetBSD beats FreeBSD in performance sho= uld be changed to NetBSD beats FreeBSD on comprehensive microbenchmark suit= e. I don't remember who it was, but someone posted results of real serv= er tests. These were in favor of FreeBSD. I doubt that much changed sin= ce last year but who knows ... Maybe NetBSD is better, but this is not som= ething that could be concluded from a microbenchmark. IMHO. igor.&#= 10; -----Original Message----- From: Hubert Feyrer To: freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-advocaccy@Fre= eBSD.org Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 02:19:37 +0100 (CET) Subject: Benchm= ark: NetBSD 2.0 be > ats FreeBSD 5.3 in server performance > > > Gregory M= cGarry asked me to host and advertize this paper for him: > > Abst= ract: ``With the recent releases of NetBSD 2.0 and FreeBSD 5.3 operating &#= 10;> system, many new and exciting features have been implemented. Both cri= ticism > and commendation on performance, reliability and scalability = have been directed > towards these releases. > > This paper p= resents a suite of benchmarks and results for comparing the > performa= nce of these operating systems. The benchmarks target core operating >= system functionality, server scalability and thread implementation. These = > benchmarks are useful server-based criteria for demanding applicatio= ns such as > loaded webservers, databases, and voice-over-IP (VoIP) me= dia relays. The > results indicate that NetBSD has surpassed FreeBSD i= n performance on nearly > every benchmark and is poised to grab the ti= tle of the best o > perating system > for the server environment.'' > > URL: h= ttp://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/gmcgarry/ > > > - Hubert > &= #10;> -- > NetBSD - Free AND Open! (And of course secure, portabl= e, yadda yadda) > ________________________________________________ = > freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.o= rg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance > To unsubscribe, send any mail= to "freebsd-performance-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > http= ://Mail.Ru - ?????? ????? ? ?????????????? ??????? ????????? ?????! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-performance-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" --=20 Bosko Milekic bmilekic@technokratis.com bmilekic@FreeBSD.org