More than likely, it is disk IO time, not processor time that is causing the slow down. It could be that the larger box has a slower file system due to replication or redundancy. The smaller box probably has a small file system that allows faster access. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madhu Reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:52 PM Subject: perl behaviour on Multi processor machine
> Hi, > When i ran perl script on multi processor > machine... > it is taking more time as than on single processor > machine.... > > Let me explain clearly.... > > I have big file (.5Gb) it has 8 million records... > my perl script will read each record and validates.. > Validation includes..checking each record lenghth > etc.... > > When i ran this script on single processor machine > With 256MB RAM, It took 3 min to process 8 million > records... > > If ran the same script on Multi processor machine > (4 CPU's and 3GB RAM), it took 6min.... > > Any body have idea why it is taking more time on > multi processor system ? > > Thanx > -Madhu > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
