From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 05:18:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA5EB16A4CE for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:18:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62A4743D46 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:18:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de) Received: from [212.227.126.209] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CswcC-0007No-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:18:16 +0100 Received: from [217.246.205.20] (helo=oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de) (TLSv1:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Cswc9-0002XP-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:18:15 +0100 Received: from oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de (localhost.onlinehome.de [127.0.0.1]) j0O5IeZJ004003 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:18:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliverfuchs1@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de) Received: (from oliverfuchs1@localhost) by oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0O5HLcp003993 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:17:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliverfuchs1) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:17:21 +0100 From: Oliver Fuchs To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050124051721.GA3879@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050124041339.GA2596@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> <41F47AC3.8080903@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41F47AC3.8080903@makeworld.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:c2b2791553508cc938db2bcf18721a3c Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 I/O Performance / Linux 2.6.10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:18:18 -0000 On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Chris wrote: > Oliver Fuchs wrote: > >On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Nick Pavlica wrote: > > > > > >>All, > >> This post is not about BSD VS. Linux and should not be taken that > >>way. I think that "Flame Wars/Engineer Wars" are waste of time and > >>energy. I was surprised by my test results and didn't want to take > >>FBSD out of the loop just yet. There may be flaws in my testing that > >>have led me to inaccurate results. I didn't share the testing details > >>in the original mail because of time constraints, and the notes are > >>fairly lengthy. I will add my notes to this mail so that there is a > >>better understanding of what tests I performed, and their results. > >>It's important to note that I did not tweak any of the default > >>settings of the OS or DB. The notes should be generally self > >>explanatory, but will be more that happy to clarify any questions that > >>you have. As a side note, I chose the email address linicks because > >>by name is Nick, and thought it was a fun play on words. I appreciate > >>all of your feedback, so that I can better understand the differences > >>in these great operating systems and communities. > >> > >>Thanks Again! > >>--Nick Pavlica > >> > >>"OK, The testing notes already" :) > > > > > >Hi, > >please put your test results on a web page so that everyone who is > >interested can look them up and everyone who is not interested does not > >have > >to pay for receiving such a long mail. > > > >You are using different versions of postgresql? > >Did you set up the three systems with the same partitioning or did you set > >up all three on one harddrive? > >What is the meaning of this email: regarding your test FreeBSD is not as > >fast as the other OSes - so what do you want to know? I do not get it. > > > >Oliver > > In addition, was on OS running a window manager and the other not? Was > one running ssh and the other not, was FBSD running Linux emu? ... Was > one running (insert program) and the other not... In addition to this: - how often did you run your test - what processes/daemons else where running - what is the contents of /etc/fstab - what is the contents of /etc/login.conf - what shell was used - what user was used - ... . > > When you run each side by side, process for process, thread for thread, > version for version - nothing extra on one over the other, then post > your results. > > Funny thing about polls/tests/ etc. the results can be portrayed to > reflect one biased point of view over another. > > I apologize for my cynicism - but I don't put a heck of a lot of faith > in any type of poll (in your case, a test) that can be tainted by the > slightest bit of prejudice. Besides this - the speed is only one aspect when it comes to choose a OS. Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit