Polygraph Considered Evil 8^) (was: Re: 5-STABLE Roadmap)

2003-02-17 Thread Terry Lambert
Alex Rousskov wrote: > Polygraph is relatively easy to setup on FreeBSD for standard tests, > using two PCs. Testing with more PCs, with non-standard workloads, > and/or on a regular basis requires writing scripts and can get pretty > evolved (which let's us sell a pre-configured appliance that doe

Re: Polygraph Considered Evil 8^) (was: Re: 5-STABLE Roadmap)

2003-02-17 Thread Jonathan Lemon
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >Alex Rousskov wrote: >One issue I have with Polygraph is that it intentionally works >for a very long time to get worst case performance out of caches; >basically, it cache-busts on purpose. Then the test runs. This >seems to be an editorial comment on en

Re: Polygraph Considered Evil 8^) (was: Re: 5-STABLE Roadmap)

2003-02-17 Thread Terry Lambert
Jonathan Lemon wrote: > In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >Alex Rousskov wrote: > >One issue I have with Polygraph is that it intentionally works > >for a very long time to get worst case performance out of caches; > >basically, it cache-busts on purpose. Then the test runs. This > >seem

Re: Polygraph Considered Evil 8^) (was: Re: 5-STABLE Roadmap)

2003-02-17 Thread Alex Rousskov
On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: > First, I just have a slight editorial comment, about cheating on > Polygraph. Terry, This is not the place to start a long discussion about our Polygraph testing methodology, but I have to say, with all due respect, that many of your statements