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Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:25:45 +0000 (GMT)
From: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com>
To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
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Subject: Re: What is 2.4 Linux networking performance like compared to BSD?
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Hans Reiser wrote:
> 
> This is indeed what we should do if we get no answer from the list by someone
> who has already done such work.
> 

Hans,

exactly what you want to measure? I have UP, 2way-SMP and 4way-SMP
machines all of which have at least Linux+FreeBSD installed. All my tests
so far (e.g. comparing NFS servers or filesystems etc) showed Linux (2.4)
to be a lot faster than FreeBSD in all areas. However, to get specific
answers you need to ask specific questions. Ask and you shall receive.

(things like SPEC SFS results I can't tell because it is illegal (without
going through proper steps of publishing them), I shouldn't even be saying
that they show Linux to be much faster :)

Regards,
Tigran



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