From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 15 14:38:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04059 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 14:38:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.sta.adelphia.net (alpha.sta.adelphia.net [24.48.10.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04049 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 14:38:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from missmanp@adelphia.net) Received: from missmanp.chr.adelphia.net (surf175.sta.adelphia.net [24.48.11.175] (may be forged)) by alpha.sta.adelphia.net (8.8.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA24751 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 17:37:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Paul Missman" To: Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 17:39:07 -0500 Message-ID: <01bd3a62$86695d20$0525a8c0@missmanp.chr.adelphia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: Greg Lehey Date: Sunday, February 15, 1998 4:27 PM >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. > Well, it doesn't have the nickname Slowaris for nothin. Paul Missman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message