FreeBSD vs Ubuntu - Discuss...

[István]

but if we measure the performance based on feelings we could advertise
freebsd:

"feels better"

do not forget the marketing value :))

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Kip Macy <kip.macy at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 29, 2009, at 4:21 PM, O. Hartmann wrote:
>
>> Well, since FreeBSD 8.0 started, I realized on several boxes (doens't
>> matter whether SMP or UP, 2 GB or 8 GB or 16 GB) massive performance
>> issues when compiling, even on a 8-core box. This is not 'measured' in
>>
>
>  hard numbers, it is the 'feeling' since we swapped to 8.0, but still
>> crunching (oh, we need a lot of I/O performance in those number
>> crunching environments) and even simple desktop, Linux, mostly Ubuntu
>> and RedHat, outperforms FreeBSD.
>>
>
>
> We certainly do periodically have performance issues, but it isn't
> realistic to expect us to tune for how it "feels" to you. Performance on
> concrete workloads would contribute a great deal more to the discussion.
>
>
> -Kip
>
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