Hi, I run both Solaris 10 and NetBSD-current on Ultra 10. What I notice is that NetBSD performs much faster and Solaris feels quite bloated. Forking new processes on Solaris is so slow, why is that? Some applications consume a lot more CPU time on Solaris, compared to the same applications on NetBSD.
Does Solaris have too much overhead in its kernel due to fine-grained locking, so that single CPU machines lose out big time? I also read somewhere that Solaris kernel had a lot of indirection, which impairs overall performance, how true is that? Solaris 10 is packed with features, but I get the feeling this results in a lot of bloat, which slows things down. Also does anyone know much about virtual memory subsystems on Solaris vs BSD, and how they differ in terms of performance? This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ perf-discuss mailing list perf-discuss@opensolaris.org
