From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 6 13:42:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA28008 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 13:42:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from covina.lightside.com (covina.lightside.com [198.81.209.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA28001 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 13:42:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by covina.lightside.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #6) id m0tuQy5-0004I8C; Wed, 6 Mar 96 13:41 PST Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 13:41:46 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby To: Brandon Gillespie cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD comparison - it's time, I think! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > As far as raw benchmarks go, I'd suggest anybody who is about to install > FreeBSD install Linux first, run some benchmarks, record them (smile), > and then install FreeBSD and do the same. That way we can get > comparisons on the _SAME HARDWARE_. There is a stray IDE HD laying > around my office, I may take that and do said experiment on my own > workstation. Collecting this sort of comparison is what we need. > Comparing 'nearly-the-same' computer just doesn't cut it--too much is left > open for debate. > > -Brandon Gillespie- Good idea! What kind of benchmarks should we tell people to run, though? I hear bonnie is pretty good for network benchmarking. Perhaps BYTE magazine's Unix benchmarks would be good, although last time I couldn't get them to work under Linux because it depends on behavior of the shell and utilities such as /bin/time that is neither BSD nor System V. Any others? --Jake