On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 10:43 -0500, Ben Adams wrote: > I know OpenBSD is built for security. > Using OpenBSD with bigmem on Mysql and PHP (No need for apache) machine. > How much of a preformance difference is there from FreeBSD?? > Looking for % or TBS or QBS. > > Machines will be mini 1U. > one Quad core and 8GB of ram. > > Thanks and yes OpenBSD is built for security. Just looking for performance > difference.
In all my years of dealing with bad apps I've found that 99 times out of 100 when an application is spinning enough that the hardware isn't mostly idle that the root cause is the crap code in the app and not the OS or the hardware. If in doubt as to how to run the app to get the most bang for the buck, record a representative flow of transactions to the app and play back that recording as an app specific benchmark on your own hardware (Or if your hardware vendor is really nice on some evaluation hardware from them). That you don't realize that you need to develop and run your own benchmarks tells me that putting OpenBSD into the mix won't do a damn thing to address the security and logic issues within your own app, so you may as well go with whatever OS can bring you the cheapest pool of minions. You're welcome. Chris Dukes P.S. I look forward to reading about SpryMed data leaks in a future issue of Risks Digest.
