Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jan 1999 02:21:23 -0400 (AST) | From | Michael Richards <> | Subject | Performance comparison of Linux and FreeBSD |
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Hi! Partly out of interest, and partly for a production OS choice, I have decided to do a comparison of FreeBSD against Linux. I would like whatever input/opinions can be thrown at me before I begin.
Here is the hardware I plan on testing with (My home PC) Dual P II - 300mhz 256mb RAM Adaptec 2940U2W SCSI adapter 3com 10BT network card Diamond Stealth II G460 AGP graphics Seagate Cheetah 9.1G U2W SCSI HDD IOMega Jaz Wangdate 4mm DAT backup Pioneer CD-ROM Yamaha CDRW FDD Soundblaster 16
Erm, I think that's all I've got in it. Most of these components won't be used and shouldn't make a difference in comparisons...
Anyway; here's my game plan. Install Linux (I need distro suggestions, but slackware would be my first choice) on a jaz disk. Install FreeBSD (prolly 3.0-RELEASE) on a second Jaz disk. Test/time the crap out of both os's and report which won on each test. I plan to do a few variations to see how different variables affect the times. For example, I will pull 1 CPU for one set of tests or run non-SMP kernels, whichever (I doubt it makes a diff) I want to primarily test web server performance and database performance, but I have no ideas what else might give a better overall picture.
Right now I am in the planning stage, and totally open to suggestions.
I am really interested in: a) test suites b) benchmarking programs c) some way to load/evaluate the response under load.
Whatever suggestions could be offered would be a great help.
Thanks
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