On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 07:21:36PM +1000, elekktrett...@exemail.com.au wrote: > > > > Some rapid conclusions: > > - Scientific Linux smokes all other operating systems > > Very interesting. I wonder what do Linux people do differently to get > their OS so much faster. I would have imagined maybe 20% faster than BSDs, > but a whopping 100%? That almost doesn't sound right.
The tests were done with a connection to 127.0.0.1. The current theory is Linux has special localhost handling which effectively makes it bypass all regular networking paths. -- Francois Tigeot
