Benchmarking KSE and SMPng

[Roderick van Domburg]

> Just in case you don't know, there is no 5-STABLE yet. All the 5.x
Releases have
> been based on -CURRENT.

Indeed, I stand corrected.

> > Question is then which {application,theoretical} benchmarks to run under
> > which circumstances. Although I've heard of bonnie et al, I'm new to the
> > benchmarking business and welcome any suggestions.
> >
> Something that might be interesting to try is running mysql with libc_r,
> linuxthreads, libkse, and libthr, using the included mysql benchmarks that
come
> with mysql. I used those benchmarks to test mysql on a few of the machines
I
> needed to install it on at one point, and I know mysql utilizes threads.
Off
> the top of my head I can't think of anything other than databases that
> performed badly on FreeBSD before due to threading issues.

How about Apache2 or locked subsystems (I/O and networking spring to mind)?

Regards,

Roderick