Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:13:31 EST From: Freebsd0101@aol.com To: nalists@scls.lib.wi.us Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thank you! Message-ID: <fb.688f67fc.2f199e0b@aol.com>
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In a message dated 1/14/05 1:54:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, nalists@scls.lib.wi.us writes: > >> So your claim that its a "heavy-duty server" platform is tainted by the >> fact that in order to use the fastest server Mobos, you have to use the >> slower, >> still-under-development 5.x. Which seems counterproductive for an O/S >> that is trying to establish itself as a choice as a server platform. >> >>As was pretty clearly explained in previous threads, FreeBSD 5.x is >>slower than 4.x *at certain tasks under certain conditions* because >>it is rather considerably more featureful and complex than 4.x ---- Unfortunately, one of those "tasks" is networking, which is required by every server that I know of. As Mr. Watson pointed out, 5.x has significant "per-packet" inefficiencies. Servers are judged by their capacity, which is a per-packet issue. Which means that, as a "server", 5.x is 25-30% less efficient than 4.x. Inefficient, for you high-schoolers, means "slower" in this context. It helps if you understand the big picture.
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