From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 24 07:18:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17800 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 07:18:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17790 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 07:18:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA07310; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:18:38 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id QAA15616; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:18:38 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980224161837.54158@follo.net> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:18:37 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Paul Griffith , Roberto Nunnari Cc: freebsd-chat Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux ? References: <34F2AEAD.19C0@agie.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Paul Griffith on Tue, Feb 24, 1998 at 10:02:50AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Feb 24, 1998 at 10:02:50AM -0500, Paul Griffith wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Roberto Nunnari wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I run Linux on my PC since 1995 (if remember well...) and > > now I'm planning to update my hardware. That's why I'm > > trying to work out what free unix I should install on the > > new system.... > > > > Could anybody point out what are the pros and cons of: > > FreeBSD and Linux derivates, please? Also, any link to URLs > > about performance comparations of these UNIXes will be > > appreciated greatly. > > -- > > Try the following: > > http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/~laik/benchmarks/index.html Be aware that the performance data for filesystem metadata (local filesystem performance) there is based on Linux running async, and FreeBSD running sync. FreeBSD default to sync for safety reasons, while Linux default to async (which is faster but not recoverable in the case of a crash). FreeBSD is presently in the process of integrating Kirk McKusick's Soft Updates code, which will give the same (actually, sometimes better) performance without removing safe recovery. Also, Linux tend to default to other blocksizes than FreeBSD, which can sometimes give better performance (at the cost of some space). For a true comparison, the filesystems should be equally tuned. Another point: Both FreeBSD's and Linux' networking performance has been improved since those tests were run. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message