Re: Linux betas NT in TPC testing, running Oracle8

NT SUX AND WILL BE DISTROYD!!
LINUX ROOLZ AND WILL OWN YUUZ ALL!! My 2 cents..

Pascal Dorion

Anthony Ord <nws_at_rollingthunder.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:37290b06.8949548_at_news.demon.co.uk...
> On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:16:44 GMT, r.e.ballard_at_usa.net wrote:
>
> >In article <7fnh52$q4v$1_at_nnrp02.primenet.com>,
> > Stephen Edwards <ja207030_at_primenet.com> wrote:
> >> Bill Chess <chess_at_la.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> : Here's the story:
> >> : http://rpmfind.net/veillard/oracle/
> <snip>
> >> The test is completely bogus. But I'm not suprised in the slightest.
> >>
> >> "No specific operating system tuning was done, all the default NT
services
> >> were running, with the default priorities and system parameters."
> >
> >Yes, I got a chuckle out of that too. Most UNIX systems by definition
have
> >to run certain defauld processes to function effectively. On NT, a
database
> >must run on a system that has been "stripped to the wheels". Again this
is
> >due to the context switching characteristics. If the NT system has do do
> >it's own DNS lookups for it's clients, you now have two context switches
per
> >connection. Then you have additional overhead that is not part of the
"pure"
> >benchmark tests.
> >
> >Unfortunately, the tests didn't make it to Germany, where such
"conspiracy of
> >silence" is considered a form of fraud. There are many interesting
benchmarks
> >available to compare Linux and NT. If you can read German, the results
are
> >startling.
>
> Have you any URLs for this? I don't speak German, but my
> friend Babelfish does...
>
> >> Oh no... not biased in the slightest.</SARCASM>
> >
> >Actually, it's amusing to see how many tweaks Microsoft has to do to get
a
> >good benchmarke out of NT. Even then, it's interesting to see the costs
of
> >the systems. When the include the costs of the Client Access licenses,
the
> >prices are amazing.
> >
> >> [] "No footnote for you!" -- Footnote Nazi
> >> --
> >> .-----.
> >> |[_] :| Stephen S. Edwards II | http://www.primenet.com/~rakmount
> >> | = :| "But something's wrong. It takes me a moment to pin it down;
> >> | | the monitor's different. Instead of the nice 17' Trinitron,
> >> |_..._| there's a 15' raster gun in a dirty plastic case." -- Ben in
ASR
> >>
> Regards
>
> Anthony
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Received on Wed May 05 1999 - 22:54:43 CEST