Bill Moran wrote:
In response to Mark Kirkwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
JoaoBR wrote:
I am not convinced that this kind of test is of any value for comparing
systems at all because there are too much factors involved - unless the
competitors are installed on identical hardware. On the other side I think it
is usefull to compare tweaked settings on a particular machine. For example
you may change fsize/bsize of the filesystem or any other and can compare
this results then.
Exactly, that's why I did the comparison - I think you missed the part
where I mentioned the 2 systems were *identical* with respect to cpus,
memory, mobo - in fact even the power supplies are identical too!
(snippage)
In fact, to indulge your skepticism ('cause I think this is a real issue
worth sorting out), I booted the FreeBSD system with a Gentoo livecd
and ran the same tests there... and guess what - identical results to
the installed Gentoo system...so... errm - *my* experimental method is
sound...so how about we just get together and see how to make FreeBSD
kick Gentoo eh?
I looks like your testing methodology is sound, and that you've
uncovered an issue worth pursuing.
I recommend starting this thread up on [EMAIL PROTECTED] The folks
on that list are more likely to jump all over this kind of thing.
Great - I'm not subscribed to -performance (that is easily fixed
tho...), so I'll set that up and follow your suggestion!
You might also find helpful people on the current@ and hackers@ lists.
My gut tells me that any changes that can improve this will be large
enough that they'll have to go through CURRENT first, then get MFCed
back in to 6.
Right, no worries there (I can upgrade to CURRENT on my test
machine...should be an interesting exercise in itself!)
Keep in mind also that the holidays tend to slow things down, it might
be early January before you get a lot of people looking at this issue
seriously.
Yeah - Merry Xmas to you all!
Cheers
Mark
P.s : JoaoBR, apologies for coming on a bit strong...it was merely my
enthusiasm to get to the bottom (or even the beginning...) of what is
going on here!
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