Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:40:37 -0400 From: culverk@yumyumyum.org To: Roderick van Domburg <r.s.a.vandomburg@student.utwente.nl> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Benchmarking KSE and SMPng Message-ID: <1063053637.db581d2f18d48@mailhub.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <000d01c37646$1c053f00$6ba55982@gog> References: <000901c37628$d683ff10$6ba55982@gog> <1063042016.cea6637e4e7eb@mailhub.yumyumyum.org> <000d01c37646$1c053f00$6ba55982@gog>
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Quoting Roderick van Domburg <r.s.a.vandomburg@student.utwente.nl>:
> > Just in case you don't know, there is no 5-STABLE yet. All the 5.x
> Releases have
> > been based on -CURRENT.
>
> Indeed, I stand corrected.
>
> > > Question is then which {application,theoretical} benchmarks to run under
> > > which circumstances. Although I've heard of bonnie et al, I'm new to the
> > > benchmarking business and welcome any suggestions.
> > >
> > Something that might be interesting to try is running mysql with libc_r,
> > linuxthreads, libkse, and libthr, using the included mysql benchmarks that
> come
> > with mysql. I used those benchmarks to test mysql on a few of the machines
> I
> > needed to install it on at one point, and I know mysql utilizes threads.
> Off
> > the top of my head I can't think of anything other than databases that
> > performed badly on FreeBSD before due to threading issues.
>
> How about Apache2 or locked subsystems (I/O and networking spring to mind)?
>
Good call. I hadn't thought of that because I've always just used the preforking
mpm in apache.
Ken
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