From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 24 23:38:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh.jetcafe.org [205.147.43.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71EFB37B424 for ; Thu, 24 May 2001 23:38:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA06408 for ; Thu, 24 May 2001 23:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200105250638.XAA06408@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with version: MH 6.8.4 #1[UCI] To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Benchmarking FreeBSD (was Re: technical comparison) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 23:38:26 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jordan Hubbard writes: > Erm, folks? Can anyone please tell me what this has to do with > freebsd-hackers any longer? While the thread has diverged from it's original intent, there is something related I consider to be a more interesting topic. If it's still not appropriate for hackers, please let me know. When people are doing benchmarks, I noted that there are -lots- of little sysctl tweaks or kernel tweaks that tend to make a big difference in the results. I know it is possible to define some sort of abstraction that uniquely specifies a complete (and/or relevant) set of these tweaks when comparing benchmarks. Does this already exist, and if not, how hard would it be to catalog every single relavent tunable parameter in a FreeBSD system? ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< "War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left." -Confucious To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message