Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 03:29:25PM -0800, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > This also interested me: > > * Linux system crashed > http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2011-11/msg8.html > > * OpenIndiana system crashed same way as Linux system > http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchiv

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Randy Schultz
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011, Matthew Tippett spaketh thusly: -}There are still possible issues with those benchmarks. The Xeon has known -}problems scaling from 6 to 12 cores (well enabling the hyperthreading), so you -}may find that some platforms are penalized in performance if HT is turned on. -}See t

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Tom Evans
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Randy Schultz wrote: > On Tue, 20 Dec 2011, Matthew Tippett spaketh thusly: > > -}There are still possible issues with those benchmarks.  The Xeon has known > -}problems scaling from 6 to 12 cores (well enabling the hyperthreading), so > you > -}may find that some

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1Server

2011-12-21 Thread Steven Hartland
- Original Message - From: "Tom Evans" I think that a good SA will at least consider how drives are arranged. We don't just slap ZFS on a single disk and expect magic to happen, we consider how write heavy a system will be and consider a dedicated ZIL, we consider what proportion of fi

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Randy Schultz
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011, Tom Evans spaketh thusly: -} -}I think that a good SA will at least consider how drives are arranged. -}We don't just slap ZFS on a single disk and expect magic to happen, we -}consider how write heavy a system will be and consider a dedicated -}ZIL, we consider what proportio

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Erik Cederstrand
Den 21/12/2011 kl. 15.20 skrev Randy Schultz: > I agree whole-heartedly. I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't trying to say most > SA's never tune, only that from watching other SA's over the years, little > tuning is done. As a casual SA, I often find I'm fumbling around in the dark to find out i

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 21/12/2011 15:29, Erik Cederstrand wrote: > Den 21/12/2011 kl. 15.20 skrev Randy Schultz: > >> I agree whole-heartedly. I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't trying to say >> most >> SA's never tune, only that from watching other SA's over the years, little >> tuning is done. > As a casual SA, I o

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 21/12/2011 16:45, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > On 21/12/2011 15:29, Erik Cederstrand wrote: >> Den 21/12/2011 kl. 15.20 skrev Randy Schultz: >> >>> I agree whole-heartedly. I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't trying to say >>> most >>> SA's never tune, only that from watching other SA's over the yea

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Hi, feel free to add an entry to the ideas list in the wiki, it is prominently linked in the top current links section. If you don't have access and don't want to register, just provide a nice text in the style of the ideas page and someone can add it. And related to the subject: wasn't it you

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Hi, I suggest to add the content to the wiki, improve it (together with other people)  and then  to fix the man-page with the result. If you want write access to the wiki just register with FirstnameLastname and tell me or any other FreeBSD comitter with wiki access about it so that we can han

Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server

2011-12-21 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Hi, while the discussion continued here, some work started at some other place. Now... in case someone here is willing to help instead of talking, feel free to go to http://wiki.freebsd.org/BenchmarkAdvice and have a look what can be improved. The page is far from perfect and needs some additio