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Date:      Sun, 15 Feb 1998 11:26:12 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs Linux
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980215112533.234A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <19980215160519.03942@freebie.lemis.com>

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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
> > <jgoerzen@alexanderwohl.complete.org> 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.

- alex

A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.


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