Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 17:39:07 -0500 From: "Paul Missman" <missmanp@adelphia.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <01bd3a62$86695d20$0525a8c0@missmanp.chr.adelphia.net>
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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 1998 4:27 PM >On Sun, 15 February 1998 at 11:26:12 -0800, Alex wrote: >> On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 15 February 1998 at 6:18:06 +0000, John Kelly wrote: >>>> On Sat, 14 Feb 1998 22:38:12 -0600 (CST), John Goerzen >>>> <jgoerzen@alexanderwohl.complete.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Konrad Heuer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 1. The Linux scheduler which is very different from other UNIX >>>>>> schedulers (and thus the FreeBSD scheduler) behaves very poor when the >>>>>> system is heavily loaded (no fair scheduling!). >>>>> >>>>> In comparing Linux to SunOS and Solaris in heavliy-loaded systems, I can >>>>> say that Linux performed much better. However, I have not compared it >>>>> directly to FreeBSD. >>>> >>>> I have. Linux comes apart at the seams under load. FreeBSD just >>>> keeps going and going and going .... >>> >>> This ties in with just about every report I've heard about Linux, >>> though I have no personal experience in the area. I also find it hard >>> to believe that Linux should be able to beat Solaris 2 in this area. >> >> Heh. Try using Solaris x86 sometime. It's about on par with Windows NT >> obscurity and performance wise. > >OK, I was thinking of Solaris 2 on the Sparc. But I still would have >difficulty believing that claim too. > Well, it doesn't have the nickname Slowaris for nothin. Paul Missman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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