> -----Original Message----- > From: lilypond-user-bounces+nick.payne=internode.on....@gnu.org > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+nick.payne=internode.on....@gnu.org] On > Behalf Of Nick Payne > Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 7:02 PM > Cc: 'lilypond' > Subject: RE: Lilypond Speed > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lilypond-user-bounces+nick.payne=internode.on....@gnu.org > > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+nick.payne=internode.on....@gnu.org] On > > Behalf Of Michael David Crawford > > Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 1:39 AM > > Cc: lilypond > > Subject: Re: Lilypond Speed > > > > It would be interesting to see what the performance is on different > > operating systems, but running on the exact same hardware. > > > Ask and it shall be done. I took the opportunity while testing builds > of Win2008 x86 and x64 to install LP and run the same test. I found the > results rather surprising. All tests (building Reubke's sonata on the > 94th psalm using LP 2.13.3) conducted on the same machine: > > Debian 4 amd64: 4min 4sec > > Win2008 SP2 x64: 5min 58sec > > Win2008 SP2 x86: 6m 3sec > > That's quite a substantial performance hit for the Windows version > compared to Linux. I don't have a server build of x86 Linux but if I > get the chance tomorrow I'll see if Ubuntu 9.04 x86 has the Perc > drivers needed to install on the server and run the test with that. > More timings (build of same score, same machine):
Ubuntu 9.04 x86: 5min 25sec Ubuntu 9.04 amd64: 4min 1sec So it looks as though, for any sort of substantial score, turnaround time will be markedly reduced by using 64-bit Linux. Nick _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user