Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:49:24 +0000 From: Tony McC <afmcc@btinternet.com> To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server Message-ID: <20111215144924.61a08733@elena.home> In-Reply-To: <4EE9A2A0.80607@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4EE1EAFE.3070408@m5p.com> <CAJ-FndDniGH8QoT=kUxOQ%2BzdVhWF0Z0NKLU0PGS-Gt=BK6noWw@mail.gmail.com> <4EE2AE64.9060802@m5p.com> <4EE88343.2050302@m5p.com> <CAFHbX1%2B5PttyZuNnYot8emTn_AWkABdJCvnpo5rcRxVXj0ypJA@mail.gmail.com> <4EE933C6.4020209@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <CAPjTQNEJDE17TLH-mDrG_-_Qa9R5N3mSeXSYYWtqz_DFidzYQw@mail.gmail.com> <20111215024249.GA13557@icarus.home.lan> <4EE9A2A0.80607@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:32:48 +0100 "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Just saw this shot benchmark on Phoronix dot com today: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAyNzA > > It may be worth to discuss the sad performance of FBSD in some parts > of the benchmark. A difference of a factor 10 or 100 is simply far > beyond disapointing, it is more than inacceptable and by just reading > those benchmarks, I'd like to drop thinking of using FreeBSD even as > a backend server in scientific and business environments. In detail, > some of the SciMark benches look disappointing. The overall image > can't help over the fact that in C-Ray FreeBSD is better performing. > > From the compiler, I'd like say there couldn't be a drop of more than > 10 > - 15% in performance - but not 10 or 100 times. > > I'm just thinking about the discussion of SCHED_ULE and all the saur > spots we discussed when I stumbled over the test. > > Regards, > Oliver > I suggest always ignoring benchmarks. They are like reading the astrology column in a tabloid newspaper. Instead, try FreeBSD for your work. Is it fast enough? Surely that is all you need to know. FreeBSD is quite fast enough for my needs and I am simply more productive using it than when I use any other operating system. That is partly to do with my familiarity with my setup, which I have customised the way I want. That is something that no benchmark can allow for. Tony
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