FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux

[Roman Neuhauser]

# doconnor at gsoft.com.au / 2005-06-28 19:04:18 +0930:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:51, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> >     No you don't. You want to make a side-by-side comparison
> >     of two products, and if one of them underperforms, it just
> >     underperforms. You cannot use a poor location selection
> >     strategy in the driver as an excuse for poor operation.
 
> dd is a useful start, but you shouldn't read too much into the results since, 
> in general, dd doesn't reflect real world usage patterns.

    Huh? Various people have reacted to the "dd doesn't reflect real
    world" with "but I *do* use dd in real world".

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