In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>Interesting topic in the linux kernel mailing list (Linux is "a lot"
>faster than
>FreeBSD):
>http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/latest.html#2
Yeah, I read this; it basically ended with the author of the GigE card
making unsubstantiated claims that Linux is "much" faster than FreeBSD.
Without more solid information, this is basically FUD. I'm sure that
by picking the appropriate benchmark, you can end up showing whatever
results you want.
Note that iMimic claims to run on a standard FreeBSD platform, which
would also imply they use kqueue; this alone can probably provide the
2x performance boost you see on polygraph.
>I came to use FreeBSD from Linux for servers because of kqueue. I stayed
>because I liked the entire system. I'm sure that Linux does TCP processing as
>fast as possible, and that in-kernel servers (NFS and the TUX webserver) are
>blazingly fast.
>
>I do have Linux 2.4 running on an old machine, but I have no intention
>of taking
>down my FreeBSD box to dual boot Linux just to compare penis size. Has anyone
>recently done so?
Not recently. I suppose I should try 2.4 sometime and see exactly
what has improved.
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Jonathan
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