Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sparc ? x86 Comparison

2005-10-11 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Tuesday 11 October 2005 02:05 pm, S Destika wrote: [b][u][i]Solaris has always been good under load, something Linux falls with typically. It really wasn't until recentely that Linux could handle 2 CPUs, and the only reason it can *marginally* utilize 2 CPUs is due to Moore's Law, IMO.

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sparc ? x86 Comparison

2005-10-11 Thread S Destika
2. File a bug with a specific, repeatable benchmark with clear results comparing Solaris to insert OS here. I am waiting for the existing ones to be fixed - some are dated 1999. I don't think there is point in running duplicate benchmarks and filing new ones. Most of them are quite

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sparc ? x86 Comparison

2005-10-10 Thread Casper . Dik
[ Please send mail from a valid email address ] SGI claims it scales *linearly* and there aren't any major problems remaining in scalability area. You can google for actual benchmark numbers and claims. And of course work is in progress to addre ss the minor scalability issues (page fault

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sparc ? x86 Comparison

2005-10-10 Thread S Destika
Lots of them are available here - http://www.spec.org but see the ones here - http://www.spec.org/jbb2000/results/res2005q3/jbb2000-20050913-00388.html. Linux/IA32 8-way - 296463 ops/s 1-way system 51395 ops/s. In an ideal world on an 8-way the number should be 8 times 1-way number. In reality

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sparc ? x86 Comparison

2005-10-10 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Monday 10 October 2005 13:23, S Destika wrote: Linux/IA32 8-way - 296463 ops/s 1-way system 51395 ops/s. ... Now Solaris/AMD64 - Mind you 64bit CPU, Kernel and JVM 2-way - 85967 ops/s 4-way - 142789 ops/s The best test would be on exactly the same hardware. Linux has a 64-bit kernel,

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sparc ? x86 Comparison

2005-10-10 Thread Ian Collins
Alan DuBoff wrote: On Monday 10 October 2005 13:23, S Destika wrote: Linux/IA32 8-way - 296463 ops/s 1-way system 51395 ops/s. ... Now Solaris/AMD64 - Mind you 64bit CPU, Kernel and JVM 2-way - 85967 ops/s 4-way - 142789 ops/s The best test would be on exactly the same hardware.