Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine

2003-02-10 Thread david
Tanton Gibbs wrote: >> a machine with 4 cpu and 3gb of memory is definitely hard wired to crunch >> number and boost i/o performance. not accounting for machine load, there > is >> very little reason your Perl script will run slower on a powerful >> machine. > > I've found this to be not true mos

Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine

2003-02-10 Thread Madhu Reddy
Hi, Thanx all for u r input... I ran only once on two systems for comparision What i observed is, when i ran on small machine ( 1cpu and 512 MB ram), CPU utilisations going to above 95 %...memory utilisation is 50% and when i ran on 4 cpu machines, cpu utilisation is not more than 50%...me

Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine

2003-02-10 Thread Tanton Gibbs
> a machine with 4 cpu and 3gb of memory is definitely hard wired to crunch > number and boost i/o performance. not accounting for machine load, there is > very little reason your Perl script will run slower on a powerful machine. I've found this to be not true most of the time. The larger machin

Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine

2003-02-10 Thread david
Madhu Reddy wrote: > Hi, >When i ran perl script on multi processor > machine... > it is taking more time as than on single processor > machine > > Let me explain clearly > > I have big file (.5Gb) it has 8 million records... > my perl script will read each record and validates.. > V

Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine

2003-02-10 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Madhu Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >When i ran perl script on multi processor > machine... > it is taking more time as than on single processor > machine > > Let me explain clearly > > I have big file (.5Gb) it has 8 million records... > my perl script will read each record and val

Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine

2003-02-10 Thread John P Walls
OTECTED]> on 02/10/2003 04:22:44 PM To: Madhu Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bcc: John P Walls/EDS/FlipChip) Subject: Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine Madhu Reddy wrote: > Hi, >When i ran perl script on multi processor > machine... &

Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine

2003-02-10 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Madhu Reddy wrote: Hi, When i ran perl script on multi processor machine... it is taking more time as than on single processor machine Let me explain clearly I have big file (.5Gb) it has 8 million records... my perl script will read each record and validates.. Validation includes..ch

Re: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine

2003-02-10 Thread Tanton Gibbs
More than likely, it is disk IO time, not processor time that is causing the slow down. It could be that the larger box has a slower file system due to replication or redundancy. The smaller box probably has a small file system that allows faster access. - Original Message - From: "Madhu