different behaviour between 4.x and 5.x (ping response/disk io) [was Re: ...

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In a message dated 1/16/05 7:43:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
stheg_olloydson at yahoo.com writes:
>stheg
>
>P.S. (to the list in general) Why do all of the questions about FBSD
>performance, especially 4.x vs 5.x, come from people posting from
>Windows boxes? Theories?
Because performance is a server issue and what you use for a server
has little to do with what you use on your desktop. Most people that
don't have a religious repulsion with Microsoft use Windows on the
desktop.