Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:31:53 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Studded@gorean.org: FreeBSD vs. Linux under load (Was: Re: Fact or Fiction (Unix vs NT))] Message-ID: <19990507153153.B1195@fisicc-ufm.edu> In-Reply-To: <37334579.335A1886@fisicc-ufm.edu>; from Otto Solares on Fri, May 07, 1999 at 01:56:41PM -0600 References: <19990506185359.C302@fisicc-ufm.edu> <37334579.335A1886@fisicc-ufm.edu>
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sorry about this long message folks, i forwarded an email from the list to a die hard linux friend and he completly overreacted guess it's kind of a religion to some... -Oscar On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 01:56:41PM -0600, Otto Solares wrote: > Oscar Bonilla wrote: > > > > que les parece? > > > > -oscar > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: FreeBSD vs. Linux under load (Was: Re: Fact or Fiction (Unix vs NT)) > > Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 17:41:12 -0700 > > From: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> > > Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority > > To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> > > CC: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > References: <199904150654.XAA23108@gms.gmsnet.com> <37161B6A.BCA9C1CA@3-cities.com> > > > > Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > > One of the reasons I'm using FreeBSD is because I was told by many > > > people that Linux is unstable under heavy loads and that FreeBSD > > > isn't. Whether that is true or not, it is what many Unix people > > > believe. My ISP went from Linux to BSDI and their system stability > > > went up a factor of 10 from my point of view. > > > > Our *extensive* testing on this very topic has proven conclusively that > > FreeBSD stands up under loads with thousands of simultaneous > > connections, where linux falls down at around 800. The problem seems to > > be in the number of file descriptors allocated per connection. My > > personal best is 5,382 IRC users on one FreeBSD box, there are other IRC > > servers that have done over 8,000. > > > > Some of the linux diehards on our network are still trying to make a go > > of it, but even the latest kernels just don't hold up under heavy load. > > They may last a day or two, but eventually something in the networking > > layer seems to break down and the box becomes unreachable. Different > > apps with different load patterns may differ of course, but for > > something like ircd/ftpd/httpd FreeBSD will beat linux hands down on the > > same hardware, every time. > > > > In fairness, this isn't all that bad of a thing really. Linux was > > designed to be a desktop OS for having fun with unix, and BSD was > > designed as a server platform for serious work. Each of those is a good > > thing. Vive le difference I say. :) > > > > Doug > > > Me parece muy diahuevo, cada vez que alguien > habla bien o mal de linux me gusta porque sienten > su presencia, como que dicen, "PUTA ESE ES LINUX", > que diahuevo, no es la unica noticia pura mierda de > linux que he visto, seguramente no sera la ultima, > lo mas diahuevo es que son muchas mas las noticia diahuevo > que las pura mierda. (sera que a freebsd al ponerle > un modem nuevo y diahuevo truena a lo shuco, montano?? > sera que al ponerlo en una red con NIS funciona bien? > sera que con freebsd pueden hacer un vergon Beowulf? > http://www.beowulf.org > sera que pueden hacer sistemas multi-head de 3d? > sera que pueden meterle Oracle? > sera que pueden ponerlo en casi todos los primeros lugares de > benchmarks de super computadoras como aparece linux? ?? ?? > http://www.haveland.com/cgi-bin/getpovb.pl?search=Parallel%3A&submit=List+all+Parallel+Results > http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?990313.whplace.htm > http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Headlines/990405.Roadrunner.html > http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/internet/docs/350387l.htm > http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?99039.ecsuperlinux.htm > sera que pueden meterle una super business app como > SAP R/3? > sera que pueden correr java y tener un JDK? > sera que pueden portearlo a las siguientes arquitec- > turas: Digital ARM, AP1000+ Multicomputer, DEC Alpha, > DEC MIPS R2000/3000/4000, PDA's (ej. PalmPilot), > ELKS (8086, 8088, x186, x286), m68k (Motorola > 68020, 68030, 68040, 68060), MIPS ARC (Advanced Risc > Computing), NeXT Hardware, Macintosh family, IBM PowerPC, > Apollo DN hardware, IBM MCA (PS/2, RS/6000, AS/400), > Tandy Family, SGI (Indys, MIPS, Intel procesador > hardware SGI), Sun Sparc (sun3, sun4c, sun4m, sun4d), > Sun ULTRASparc, Digital VAXes, obviamente Intel 386+ (ia-32) > y el futuro Intel Merced (ia-64). > No hombre si puta ["DICEN"] que es mas diahuevo que > linux! Facts vs. Fiction?? Preguntomosle a IBM, SGI, > a Sun, Intel, Oracle, Sybase, Netscape, Siemens, por > mencionar ALGUNOS porque entonces inviertieron pisto > (dinero, marmaja, etc.:) en linux, tal vez porque > es muy pura mierda como ["DICEN"]? > Sera entonces que si hace todo esto no puede con > grandes cargas? Sera que es un OS de desktop? > Si ustedes saben de algun otro sistema > operativo que haga todo esto y ademas este creciendo > mas que linux en popularidad > ( http://leb.net/hzo/data/r.9904.txt ) me > avisan por favor, definitivamente me voy a switchear a > ese sistema ya que definitivamente sera el mas vergon. :=) > > Otto Solares > pro-linux y que @:*&! > solca@fisicc-ufm.edu > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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