From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 11:35:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B77337B401 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:35:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xev.ocsny.com (xev.ocsny.com [204.107.76.77]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F242843FBD for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:35:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Mikel.King@ocsny.com) Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:37:55 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Message-ID: <73B943C962BDA843AB72889433F8663A0129B1@xev.ocsny.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows Thread-Index: AcM5r94Q5dBSHzKgRs63SmxMFHPeLQAAXcLQ From: "Mike King" To: "Eric Anderson" cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:35:39 -0000 Unfortunately the servers I have are old HP LPr's 100bt max...Most likely I will have to do a dual-boot system.=20 Any tools, and advice on benchmarking would be helpful. If there's anyone in the NYC area that would like to assist with this let me know. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Anderson [mailto:anderson@centtech.com]=20 Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:47 PM To: Mike King Cc: Johnson David; advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows Mike King wrote: > We just put up a couple of 2003 servers at various clients. I also=20 > have 5.1 boxes running. If some one were willing to help me craft a=20 > good set of tests I myght beable to swing a side by side comparison=20 > with matching hardware... >=20 > Are there any takers? What kind of tests? How about: windows file sharing (samba) ftp transfers (gigabit ethernet?) www serving mail server (?) database server (mysql on both?) Eric Cheers,=20 Mikel King=20 Optimized Computer Solutions, INC=20 39 West Fourteenth Street=20 Second Floor=20 New York, NY 10011=20 http://www.ocsny.com=20 +------------------------------------------+=20 You may like them. You will see. You may=20 like them in a tree.=20 http://www.FreeBSD.org=20 http://www.OpenOffice.org=20 http://www.Mozilla.org=20 +------------------------------------------+=20 GOAL: Microsoft free in 2003=20 +------------------------------------------+=20