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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Differences between BSDI, FreeBSD and NetBSD? Date: 4 Jan 1997 13:14:33 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5amh7p$ijh@cynic.portal.ca> References: <6OBgx1wrNgB@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.de> <1997Jan4.095835.23223@wavehh.hanse.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:1870 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5507 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33540 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5054 In article <1997Jan4.095835.23223@wavehh.hanse.de>, Martin Cracauer <cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de> wrote: >Please note that NFS is a weak point of all BSDs (and >Linux, for that matter). Why do you say this? I'll admit that writes are slow, but that's true of most systems not specialised to be NFS servers. In my testing between a Sparc IPX (486-class) and a DEC Multia (low-end pentium class) running NetBSD, I could achieve a reasonable fraction of wire speed, 920 K/s, on reads. Writes were about 300-400 K/sec, and were better when the faster Multia was the server. As for NetBSD vs. FreeBSD vs. BSDI, I run an ISP on NetBSD, but I wouldn't feel at all uncomfortable running it on FreeBSD or BSDI, either. Given that all three are undergoing continuous development, I don't see any strong technical reason to choose one over another. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.