Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-14 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/9/04 3:26:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that it also took quite a bit

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-09 Thread Joshua Tinnin
OK, first of all this thread is not worthwhile to people in this forum. I'm sorry for having initially added to the noise, but I do want to try to salvage something useful from this. If your request is sincere, then please hear me out. On Friday 08 October 2004 07:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-09 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of NetAdmin Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? dang, how long is this thread gonna go on? As long as you keep posting

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-09 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/9/04 1:15:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: dang, how long is this thread gonna go on? Is it that important? I see a lot of good questions and equally good answers on this list, but I think this particular thread is starting to stoop beneath us all...

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-09 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/9/04 12:56:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just hope that pounding packets through a socket and timing mySQL selects aren't the entirety of OUR team's arsenal. And it's not just this sentence although this is one of the most blatent. You are

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-09 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? In a message dated 10/9/04 12:56:40 AM

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-09 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that it also took quite a bit a beating to get them to admit that 1) They dont know the answer to the Subject

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 01:07:17PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/9/04 12:56:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just hope that pounding packets through a socket and timing mySQL selects aren't the entirety of OUR team's arsenal. And it's not

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kris Kennaway Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 3:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 05:35:18PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerard Samuel Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 6:32 AM To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? Here is a thought. Why would

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/8/04 2:42:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is a thought. Why would they be running a pre-production release as a production server I have no idea what yahoo does, but I think it would be irrespondsible for them to attempt using 5.x on a

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/8/04 2:37:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kris and all, Sorry for the top post but would you quit feeding the trolls? Ted Mittelstaedt PS: TM, shut up and post some benchmarks proving your side of the argument. Not that we would believe them but

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Oct 8, 2004, at 11:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys are the ones making the claims that 5.3 is going to be so great. I just wonder how you come to that conclusion if you don't have any definitive tests. I dont have a release to test, so when its done I'll test it. I think it sums it

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:39:05PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: : I'm sure that Yahoo, like any large commercial enterprise, has a whole : host of specific customizations that they have applied to FreeBSD, : and their version of FreeBSD doesen't look like what we have, at least not : where the

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Andrew Moran
On Oct 8, 2004, at 8:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must be a democrat Kris, because you always spin what people say in a way such that is completely wrong when you say it. I said the 99% of us If there was any doubt in my mind that TM4525 was a troll, he's just removed it. I think it's

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
Jonathon McKitrick wrote: On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:39:05PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: : I'm sure that Yahoo, like any large commercial enterprise, has a whole : host of specific customizations that they have applied to FreeBSD, : and their version of FreeBSD doesen't look like what we have,

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 03:44:13PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote: : Apart from that: Why do you actually want to know? It's better not to : know the exact version since others might abuse that information and : hack into the company. That does not feel right, well not with me :-). I was just

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 11:45:09AM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: : Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : : On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:39:05PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: : : I'm sure that Yahoo, like any large commercial enterprise, has a whole : : host of specific customizations that they

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
Jonathon McKitrick wrote: On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 11:45:09AM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: : Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : : On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:39:05PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: : : I'm sure that Yahoo, like any large commercial enterprise, has a whole : : host of

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Joshua Tinnin
On Friday 08 October 2004 08:54 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys are the ones making the claims that 5.3 is going to be so great. I just wonder how you come to that conclusion if you don't have any definitive tests. I dont have a release to test, so when its done I'll test it. Why

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Andrew Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys are the ones making the claims that 5.3 is going to be so great. I just wonder how you come to that conclusion if you don't have any definitive tests. I dont have a release to test, so when its done I'll test it. 6.0 is much, much better. And try downloading a

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Thomas Sparrevohn
On Friday 08 October 2004 16:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A very simple request - I do respect peoples right to state their point of view - but there FreeBSD has through its entire life spam aimed (at least for the time I have been following the delvelopment - and that goes far longer back

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Friday 08 October 2004 16:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A very simple request - I do respect peoples right to state their point of view - but there FreeBSD has through its entire life spam aimed (at least for the time I have been following the delvelopment - and that goes far longer

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/8/04 2:25:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You guys are the ones making the claims that 5.3 is going to be so great. I just wonder how you come to that conclusion if you don't have any definitive tests. I dont have a release to test, so when its

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 8:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? In a message dated 10/8/04 2:42:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 7:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? In a message dated 10/8/04 2:25:52 PM Eastern

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-08 Thread NetAdmin
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 7:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? In a message dated 10/8/04 2:25:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/6/04 6:47:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 04:42:24PM -0400, Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote: Where's the documentation? I'd like to see this for myself. There is none, because Mr./Ms. TM4525 is making up his/her facts to suit their

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:55:37AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/6/04 6:47:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 04:42:24PM -0400, Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote: Where's the documentation? I'd like to see this for myself. There

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Bigelow, Andrea L.
Can anyone speak to performance improvement if the debug flags are removed? -Original Message- From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 10:04:59AM -0400, Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote: Can anyone speak to performance improvement if the debug flags are removed? Well, it's vast :) 5.3 (i.e. the RELENG_5 branch) has them turned off already in preparation for the release. Kris pgpBqbH2Kp87m.pgp Description:

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Walker, Michael
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kris Kennaway Sent: 07 October 2004 15:10 To: Bigelow, Andrea L. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Kris Kennaway' Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 10:04:59AM

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 07:04:10AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:55:37AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/6/04 6:47:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 04:42:24PM -0400, Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote:

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 10:04:59AM -0400, Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote: Can anyone speak to performance improvement if the debug flags are removed? Well, it's vast :) 5.3 (i.e. the RELENG_5 branch) has them turned off already in preparation

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/7/04 10:17:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, obscurity Kris writes: Well, it's vast :) Kris We're waiting..5.3 is in beta and ready for your tests. Other benchmarks show very good results compared to 4.x. Kris -- Quite a bunch of

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/7/04 1:15:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 12:41:28PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/7/04 10:17:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, obscurity Kris writes: Well, it's vast :) Kris We're waiting..5.3 is in

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 02:10:55PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/7/04 1:15:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 12:41:28PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/7/04 10:17:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, obscurity

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Garance A Drosihn
At 11:15 AM -0700 10/7/04, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Thu, Oct 07, 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why don't you post some of these impressive benchmarks to substantiate your seemingly flimsy position? On a single processor system please, for the 99% of us who don't use SMP. Hopefully

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/7/04 4:06:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's one benchmark, showing UDP packet/second generation rate from userland on a dual xeon machine under various target loads: Desired Optimal 5.x-UP 5.x-SMP 4.x-UP 4.x-SMP 5

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 04:05:21PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: But when he asked for a pointer or reference, I was expecting to see a URL which pointed to some additional benchmarks. I did not notice any URL's in any of your replies in this thread. Did you think that you had included a

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 05:35:18PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/7/04 4:06:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's one benchmark, showing UDP packet/second generation rate from userland on a dual xeon machine under various target loads:

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:07:44AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: : On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : : I would expect they are running 4.x, but does anyone know if they have : migrated any production boxes to 5.x? Are they contributing any code to : either

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Gerard Samuel
Jonathon McKitrick wrote: On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:07:44AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: : On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : : I would expect they are running 4.x, but does anyone know if they have : migrated any production boxes to 5.x? Are they

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Remko Lodder
Gerard Samuel wrote: Jonathon McKitrick wrote: On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:07:44AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: : On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : : I would expect they are running 4.x, but does anyone know if they have : migrated any production boxes to 5.x?

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 09:32:27AM -0400, Gerard Samuel wrote: : Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:07:44AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: : : On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : : : : I would expect they are running 4.x, but does anyone know

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread TM4525
Considering that its been well documented and admitted that 5.x is 1/3 the speed of 4.x at this point, do you really think they've migrated production boxes? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Bigelow, Andrea L.
Where's the documentation? I'd like to see this for myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? Considering that its

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Jonathan T. Sage
Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote: Where's the documentation? I'd like to see this for myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Dan Finn
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? Considering that its been well documented and admitted that 5.x is 1/3 the speed of 4.x at this point, do you really think they've migrated

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Jonathan T. Sage
Considering that its been well documented and admitted that 5.x is 1/3 the speed of 4.x at this point, do you really think they've migrated production boxes? Most likely this is in reference to a few lines in /usr/src/UPDATING, stating that all of the debug features are turned on by default in

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 04:42:24PM -0400, Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote: Where's the documentation? I'd like to see this for myself. There is none, because Mr./Ms. TM4525 is making up his/her facts to suit their assertion. The last time this claim was made it was refuted and TM4525 promised to go

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-05 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: I would expect they are running 4.x, but does anyone know if they have migrated any production boxes to 5.x? Are they contributing any code to either branch? Yes, a number of committers work for Yahoo. kris