Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:02:39 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall <jerry@border.com> To: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> Cc: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD comparison - it's time, I think! Message-ID: <96Mar7.091430est.20481-2@janus.border.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.AUX.3.91.960306133159.9270A-100000@covina.lightside.com>
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Jordan, or maybe someone else, is there a 'collection' of tools
that everyone can run on thier local systems to generate a
'standard' output file that we all can email/ftp to some central
depository...
On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Jake Hamby wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
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