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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 19:53:45 -0300 (BRT)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:

> I performed a test running dbench.

Why ?

I hope you realise that dbench doesn't really show anything
about how a kernel reacts to real world performance and is
mostly useful as a stress test or for measuring lock contention.

regards,

Rik
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