On 6/29/06, Doug Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would like to know if anyone has run lmbench on zSeries? It looks to be platform agnostic using no platform specific code and is compiled with the native GCC compiler on the platform being tested.
I do believe the kernel team in Boeblingen do use micro benchmark stuff to measure code paths in the kernel and determine optimal instruction sequences or data alignment. I don't see any value in using such tools for tuning your application or determine whether Linux on z/VM is suitable to run your application. The idea to run the real application with copies of real data sounds wiser. And remember it's not always about how fast you can run, but how many can run at the same time without slowing each other down. It's often about throughput and cost rather than maximum speed. Rob -- Rob van der Heij Velocity Software, Inc http://velocitysoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
