On Tuesday, 29 בNovember 2005 05:12, Mieke Banderas wrote:
> I wonder how much faster Linux could run on my G3 server hardware. I
> would have lots of work replacing all the built in services in Mac OS
> X Server to give me all that control also in Linux, buy maybe I have
> to. I'm a bit cashstrapped for new hardware, so I need to get as much
> performance I can. Or perhaps I should try to get a PC just for the
> DBs.
As Anandtech's tests suggest, a good PC or even Linux on Apple hardware
will give you much better performance. This is probably due to the
better locking that Linux implements (read about futex() ).
That being said, I suspect that Linux on a G3 will give you less
performance then you can get today with a midrange PC that would cost
you less then US$ 1000 (probably less then half of that if you don't
need it rack mounted).
BTW - I think that their tests aren't much fair in the hardware
department. They compare an end of the line architecture (G5) which
hasn't had any serious improvement done for it in the last two years,
with the latest and greatest of the two top performers of the
micro-computer world, whose chips (same chips that were tested) are
powering the worlds fastest super computers. Its a credit to Apple and
the G5 line that they only lost by about 10%.
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