Re: Re[2]: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread W�rner
--- JG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyway, you could try the dd thing; something like > > # dd if=mysql-m.tgz | tar -zxvf - > > and see if it makes any diference. > > Not for me, I've very similar result. Is there way to do > something > reverse - extract tar file to stdout or sth. and then "

Re[2]: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread JG
> Anyway, you could try the dd thing; something like > # dd if=mysql-m.tgz | tar -zxvf - > and see if it makes any diference. Not for me, I've very similar result. Is there way to do something reverse - extract tar file to stdout or sth. and then "dd" it to files? JG __

Re[2]: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread JG
> Will noatime make a difference when unpacking a tar archive (assuming an > otherwise idle system, at least)? My understanding of atime is that it > might slow down the disk for later accesses due to atime writes, but > when creating files it shouldn't have any effect. Is that not correct? Yes,

Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread Tulio Guimarães da Silva
I must be working too much... I can´t see where I took the DDS-thing from... O_o Sorry, now I see it´s a disk-only operation. >X( Anyway, you could try the dd thing; something like # dd if=mysql-m.tgz | tar -zxvf - and see if it makes any diference. There was a relatively new thread in April/

Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread Tulio Guimarães da Silva
Matthew D. Fuller wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 07:49:39PM +0200 I heard the voice of JG, and lo! it spake thus: Anyway, it's only a few secs difference, so the problem must be with write. Any other hints? :) Gentoo is using GNU tar, 5.4 is using bsdtar. Try installing gtar on Free

Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread Jonathan Noack
On 08/24/05 11:33, JG wrote: I had to unpack a lot of tar archives and I occasional noticed terrible bad performance on freebsd5. This is my test file: 854251520 24 Sie 12:13 mysql-m.tgz There are some real MySQL tables in it, it has been done with tar -cvf. This archive contains about 146.000

Re[2]: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread JG
> Might be silly but do u get similar results if u: > 1. expand to a memory backed disk > 2. expand to /dev/null Hello, Thank you for test advice. FreeBSD: # time tar -xf mysql-m.tgz -O > /dev/null 1.125u 3.007s 0:04.13 99.7% 41+323k 0+0io 0pf+0w # time tar -xf mysql-m.tgz -O > /dev/null 1.1

Re[2]: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread JG
> Gentoo is using GNU tar, 5.4 is using bsdtar. Try installing gtar on > FreeBSD and see what the time is. "I've tested bsdtar and gtar from ports (btw. gtar seems to be faster)." It's not big difference. JG ___ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org maili

Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread Tulio Guimarães da Silva
Hi, I´ve got the same kind of problem, not only with DDS-[234] tapes, but also with "all-powerful-with-bells-and-whistles" AIT-3 units, with controllers ranging from Adaptec stock 2940 to PCI-X Ultra-320... almost same results. The problems seems to lie in tar itself; I read there´s something

Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 07:49:39PM +0200 I heard the voice of JG, and lo! it spake thus: > > Anyway, it's only a few secs difference, so the problem must be with > write. Any other hints? :) Gentoo is using GNU tar, 5.4 is using bsdtar. Try installing gtar on FreeBSD and see what the time is.

Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread Steven Hartland
Might be silly but do u get similar results if u: 1. expand to a memory backed disk 2. expand to /dev/null Steve - Original Message - From: "JG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had to unpack a lot of tar archives and I occasional noticed terrible bad performance on freebsd5.

slow tar performance on fbsd5

2005-08-24 Thread JG
Hello, I had to unpack a lot of tar archives and I occasional noticed terrible bad performance on freebsd5. This is my test file: 854251520 24 Sie 12:13 mysql-m.tgz There are some real MySQL tables in it, it has been done with tar -cvf. This archive contains about 146.000 small files. ---

Sun v40z vs. Tyan Transport TX46 as postgresql-server

2005-08-24 Thread Claus Guttesen
Hi. I'm looking at upgrading my db-server. It's currently running FreeBSD 5.4-release and postgresql 7.4.8 on a quad TX46 with 4 GB RAM. I've searched for comparative benchmarks pitting the TX46 agains a Sun v40z, but haven't found any that indicates what system does fare the best. The planned up