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Subject: Re: About FreeBSD and Solaris
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On Mar 30, 2005 8:58 PM, Andrew P. <infofarmer@mail.ru> wrote:
> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> > Phil Brennan <phil.brennan@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >>This mysql benchmark includes solaris 10 and freebsd 5.3. Its a month
> >>or two old now, but its the only one I've seen. Dag-Erling, how does
> >>this show solaris to be slow on x86? It certainly isn't slow compared
> >>to freebsd.
> >
> >
> > Please use something else than MySQL as benchmark, as MySQL has
> > well-known issues with FreeBSD's threading model.
> >
> > DES
>=20
> Latest talk on the Net suggests that freebsd is a
> perfect choice for mysql-based database, but you
> should compile it (mysql) with linux threads enabled.
>=20
> I think Yahoo has used mysql on freebsd for years
> on end. They have switched their core db units to
> linux-oracle, though.
>=20
> Andrew P.
>=20
Could you provide urls for this latest talk?=20
>From the testing in that benchmark that I posted, kse threading seems
to be as good as linuxthreads, but not enough to catch linux or
solaris.