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Date:      24 Jul 2000 20:12:52 -0700
From:      dchance@valuedata.net
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        bsdx@looksharp.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Need to compare FreeBSD -> Solaris 8 ...
Message-ID:  <20000725031252.20646.cpmta@c014.sfo.cp.net>

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looks like someone has read your mind already :)

this was posted on slashdot
http://innominate.org/%7Etgr/slides/performance/

it compares OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux, and a
couple others I believe.

That what you're looking for?

Daryl Chance

On Mon, 24 July 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Adam wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >Morning all ...
> > >
> > >    I have this box sitting around idle right now ... 1Gig of RAM,
> > >several 9 gig scsi hard drives ... no OS.
> > >
> > >    I'm going to install FreeBSD 4.x on it this afternoon and want to
> > >run a load of tests on it and save the results ... benchmark the disk I/O,
> > >memory, SMP capabilities, network I/O, etc ... basically, I want to
> > >compare the two OSs on the exact same hardware, and see how they compare
> > >... 
> > >
> > >    but I need suggestions on what software I should be running for
> > >doing the benchmarking ... it has to be apples to apples
> > >... iozone-freebsd vs iozone-solaris, etc ... 
> > >
> > >    Since there doesn't appear to be one already, I'll compile my
> > >results and put them up on a web page for everyone to see and comment upon
> > >... 
> > 
> > Is that legal?  Check the license for Solaris..
> 
> D'oh ... never thought about that, but now that you do mention it, most
> likely it isn't *sigh*  God, I hate commercial software :(
> 
> Welp, there goes that plan ... inhouse use only :(
> 
> 
> 
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