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From: bwm260@skorpio3.usask.ca (Bradley W Mazurek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD ...
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Date: 11 May 1996 00:47:28 GMT
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Brian Wheeler (root@fms.indiana.edu) wrote:
: In article <4mr1pk$cdi@dyson.iquest.net>,
: 	root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) writes:
: >FreeBSD does a very fast workstation also.  Under load, not much
: >else competes with it including Linux.  Under light duty, both Linux and
: >FreeBSD have their advantages -- but I notice performance problems most
: >when loading becomes an issue, don't you??? 

: I'd be curious to hear the problems you have with linux under load that
: you don't have under FreeBSD.  I've been running my Linux box under pretty
: heavy compiler loads for a while now, and Its not so much as hiccupped. 

Out of curiosity, I would like to know what other peoples experiences
are with heavy loads under both FreeBSD and Linux.

Under FreeBSD (2.1R? or was it 2.0.5?) I had my machine (P5-90 16MB
RAM) up to a load average in the low 200's.  Why?  Just to see if I
could crash it and to see how high it would go.  The OS was fine
(sluggish, of course) until about 230-240, when it had to start
swapping.  That basically killed the machines performance (EIDE Hard
Drive).  Can you say "thrashing"?

:)

Take Care,
	Brad Mazurek
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bwm260@cs.usask.ca