From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 28 11:13:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1633E16A41C for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:13:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from neuhauser@sigpipe.cz) Received: from isis.sigpipe.cz (fw.sigpipe.cz [62.245.70.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20E443D48 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:13:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from neuhauser@sigpipe.cz) Received: by isis.sigpipe.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3AC591F87BEE; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:13:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:13:32 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Daniel O'Connor Message-ID: <20050628111332.GC48140@isis.sigpipe.cz> References: <1dbad315050621051525f4c6fc@mail.gmail.com> <200506211451.j5LEpA2W024350@lurza.secnetix.de> <20050628092126.GB48140@isis.sigpipe.cz> <200506281904.48464.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200506281904.48464.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Michael Schuh , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:13:34 -0000 # doconnor@gsoft.com.au / 2005-06-28 19:04:18 +0930: > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:51, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > No you don't. You want to make a side-by-side comparison > > of two products, and if one of them underperforms, it just > > underperforms. You cannot use a poor location selection > > strategy in the driver as an excuse for poor operation. > dd is a useful start, but you shouldn't read too much into the results since, > in general, dd doesn't reflect real world usage patterns. Huh? Various people have reacted to the "dd doesn't reflect real world" with "but I *do* use dd in real world". -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991