From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 15 13:25:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24147 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 13:25:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24082 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 13:25:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA25453; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:55:30 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id HAA26375; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:55:29 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980216075529.21596@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:55:29 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Alex Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux References: <19980215160519.03942@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Alex on Sun, Feb 15, 1998 at 11:26:12AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 15 February 1998 at 11:26:12 -0800, Alex wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Sun, 15 February 1998 at 6:18:06 +0000, John Kelly wrote: >>> On Sat, 14 Feb 1998 22:38:12 -0600 (CST), John Goerzen >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Konrad Heuer wrote: >>>> >>>>> 1. The Linux scheduler which is very different from other UNIX >>>>> schedulers (and thus the FreeBSD scheduler) behaves very poor when the >>>>> system is heavily loaded (no fair scheduling!). >>>> >>>> In comparing Linux to SunOS and Solaris in heavliy-loaded systems, I can >>>> say that Linux performed much better. However, I have not compared it >>>> directly to FreeBSD. >>> >>> I have. Linux comes apart at the seams under load. FreeBSD just >>> keeps going and going and going .... >> >> This ties in with just about every report I've heard about Linux, >> though I have no personal experience in the area. I also find it hard >> to believe that Linux should be able to beat Solaris 2 in this area. > > Heh. Try using Solaris x86 sometime. It's about on par with Windows NT > obscurity and performance wise. OK, I was thinking of Solaris 2 on the Sparc. But I still would have difficulty believing that claim too. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message