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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!not-for-mail From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 28 Jan 1996 21:43:41 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 16 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4ehmqd$6q5@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4dcruo$5eq@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> <4deb4a$41o@durban.vector.co.za> <4eenvh$kad@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2092 comp.unix.solaris:58078 In article <4eenvh$kad@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>, Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> wrote: > >I just got back from USENIX, where Larry McVoy talked about his lmbench >results on several platforms, including the UltraSPARC. The numbers looked >"ok", but not really all that dashing. I suppose it depends on how you define good. Sun Marketing says that a two-processor Ultra-SPARC competes well with a single-processor DEC Alpha. :-) cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.