From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 17 21:55:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 687EA16A41C for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:55:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F045D43D49 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:55:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5HLtETf017483; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:55:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5HLtE7C037560; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:55:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j5HLtEHP037559; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:55:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:55:14 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Javier Henderson Message-ID: <20050617215514.GB37494@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20050617210607.GA36959@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200506172112.j5HLC6U9043819@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> <20050617212125.GC36959@freebie.xs4all.nl> <42B34018.2040604@kjsl.com> <20050617214208.GG36959@freebie.xs4all.nl> <42B3450A.3020109@kjsl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42B3450A.3020109@kjsl.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Greg Barniskis , uzi@bmby.com, Matthias Buelow Subject: Re: FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:55:19 -0000 On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 02:47:54PM -0700, Javier Henderson wrote.. > Wilko Bulte wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 02:26:48PM -0700, Javier Henderson wrote.. > > > >>Wilko Bulte wrote: > >> > >>>On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 11:12:06PM +0200, Matthias Buelow wrote.. > >>> > >>> > >>>>Wilko Bulte writes: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>If you give me $5 per Unix system found there I can retire here and > >>>>>now. > >>>> > >>>>For financial transaction processing, and the customer's accounts? > >>> > >>> > >>>Yes. Go and visit the London City and check their computer rooms. > >>>You will be surprised about the number of UNIX boxes. You don't > >>>think IBM, HP, Sun etc sell their UNIX machines just to ISPs or..? > >> > >>But are those Unix servers actually processing bank transactions and > >>holding customer accounts? > > > > > >Why not? As an aside: what do you think telecom operators run their > >main billing systems on? UNIX... > > I'm sure some do. Others run theirs on VMS. Most run Tru64. Not a lot run VMS. We had stock exchanges run VMS. Like the Dutch Stock Exchange and the Australian one for example. > >Any idea what downtime costs per hour on those systems? > > A lot. > > -jav > > --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org