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Xref: sserve news.software.nntp:14986 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4384 comp.os.linux.advocacy:16325 Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!Market.NET!news.roble.com!roble1.roble.com!marquis From: marquis@roble.com (Roger Marquis) Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Sun/Solaris or Pentium/Linux for new server ? Followup-To: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Date: 5 Aug 1995 04:19:27 GMT Organization: Roble Systems Lines: 11 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3vurgf$pud@alba.roble.com> References: <3vlpgk$rdk@graphite.comco.com> <3vpg3g$q35@shell2.best.com> <3vq3if$jmp@dodgson.math.psu.edu> <3vsc3k$io7@helena.MT.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: roble.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nate Williams (nate@trout.sri.MT.net) wrote: >and in his lmbench #'s, the FS performance of FreeBSD is roughly >1.5 times faster than a comparable linux box in all areas *except* for >non-standard things like 'rm -rf *' and some directory updates. And, it >has yet to be proven safe throughout crashes. Many people claim to have >not lost files, while others claim the exact opposite. I wonder if that's why my FreeBSD based 386/40 server is roughly 50% faster serving news than my ISP's 486/66 Linux host? Roger Marquis