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From: mkagalen@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Michael Kagalenko)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: 23 Jan 1997 19:32:43 -0500
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Curt Sampson (cjs@cynic.portal.ca) wrote:
]In article <5c3k6o$qro@lynx.dac.neu.edu>,
]Michael Kagalenko <mkagalen@lynx.dac.neu.edu> wrote:
]
]> Disk performance
]> benchmarks are limited by the narrowest bottleneck in the system.
]> Linux system in question is most likely to use IDE drives...
]
]I won't argue this, since the fellow didn't tell me whether he was
]using IDE or SCSI. But the Linux system was described to me as a
]`heavily loaded server.' Are the majority of Linux users stupid
]enough to use IDE on a `heavily loaded server'? You would know more
]about that than I would.
In other words, you tried to use NFS performance benchmarks to
compare Linux and FreeBSD without knowledge of controller, bus
type or network card on the Linux server. That spells
"clueless" to me.
]> workstations (to which you misleadingly refer as "486-class machines";
]> no workstation is "486-class machine", even if CPU speeds are comparable)
]
]I have a Sparcstation 1, a couple of Sparcstation IPXs, and various
]486 systems ranging from 40 MHz to 100 MHz running NetBSD. I use
]them all extensively. A Sparcstation IPX is indeed a `486-class
]system' in terms of performance. I suggest you go out and actually
]use some Sparcstations in this performance range, rather than just
]blathering on without knowledge.
I have an experience with all those systems, you idiot. Memory
transfer rates on even older Sun hardware noticeably exceed
those on even latest PCs.
]> To make meaningful comparison, you have to run your benchmarks on the
]> same hardware using different OSes.
]
]Actually, I've done a lot of benchmarking on various systems running
]NetBSD, and it certainly is possible to make meaningful comparisons
]between these sorts of systems.
It is not, however, possible to make meaningless comparisons between
Linux running on PC and FreeBSD on workstations. So your previous
post has been idiotic blathering.
] I suggest you go out and get a pile
]of systems, controllers and SCSI drives, do some benchmarking on
]various combinations of them, and learn whereof you speak.
I will make sure to call on you next time I need free advice on what I
should do. Intil then, you can kindly keep your advice to yourself.
You chose to speak up on Linux vs FreeBSD performance - it is up to you
to show that you know what you are talking about.
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