From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 13 21:26:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BADBF16A417 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:26:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A09F43D5C for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:26:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48931A4D84; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:26:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 19B675425A; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:25:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:25:57 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Jim Pazarena Message-ID: <20061113212557.GB53818@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <4558C9E4.6050008@ccstores.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4558C9E4.6050008@ccstores.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: v6 speed compared to previous versions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:26:48 -0000 --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:39:16AM -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: > When I switched to 6.0, then 6.1, it was noticed by most of my clients > that my php/mysql/apache system slowed down a fair bit compared to previo= us > version (5.XX). >=20 > I always like to be on the bleeding edge of FreeBSD, but the performance > hit is being commented about by my (few) mysql/php clients. >=20 > I've seen the "trolls" of past about speed and previous versions, and I > would really be interested to hear the actual truth about 6.XX speed. > It is my understanding that 6.XX is more optimized for multi-processors, > and that for a single processor, 5.XX (or even 4.XX) outperforms 6.XX. >=20 > Would someone please outline the choices/drawbacks/concerns of even > considering going back a series? 6.x is 5.x with performance bottlenecks fixed. This applies both to UP and SMP systems. Therefore it's pretty surprising that you're seeing a slowdown between 5.x and 6.x, so you should try to look into exactly why your system seems to be running slower. Perhaps it's just a simple misconfiguration, or related to some other change you made at the same time as you updated. Kris --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFWOLjWry0BWjoQKURAtloAKD36CVkjIMIWD/TpUfx116TIzAtCACgs4RI E+KPCF0vmR4WOA1PsoutRMY= =Bygh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM--