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Benchmarking the Scalability of BSD and Linux

Posted by michael on from the pedal-to-the-metal dept.

Fefe writes "I recently did some benchmarks for a talk about scalable network programming I held at Linux Kongress 2003. The benchmark results turned out to be surprising enough to present them on their own. This ought to end those pesky flame wars about whose IP stack or memory management scales better. Or maybe not."

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  1. Re:FreeBSD may be dying but it's fast! by zcat_NZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can anyone explain the discontinuities in the FreeBSD plots?

    I would have thought that was obvious.. .. BSD is dying. :)

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  2. Got Mirror? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently the webserver with the results didn't scale so well. It's /.ed already.

  3. Isn't it ironic.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That there is a story posted on scalability, but the gents web server does not respond?!? Just a thought...

  4. Theo is going to be pissed.... by gid-goo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who wants to start taking bets on when Theo takes the bait.

  5. *BSD: Coping with loss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Although it is true that BSD is dying, there are some helpful steps you can take ease your sorrow:
    • deal with the inevitable.
    • grieve for your loss.
    • move on. Never let your emotions get mixed up with something as silly as a computer operating system. It isn't healthy. So BSD fails. Big whoop. Deal with it and move on. Hope this helps.
  6. My benchmarks. by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny


    I took three computers out in my rowboat, a Windows system, a Linux system, and a BSD system, and threw them overboard to see what would happen.

    The Windows system sank like a rock, the Linux system bobbed back to the surface, and the BSD system rose to the sky, to be greated by a chorus of angels.

    Then I woke up, so I don't know what the angels were singing.

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  7. Re:Slashdot commentors: Don't become hostile. by nathanh · · Score: 1, Funny
    Slashdot commentors: Please realize that many people who visit Slashdot are from countries where English is not the native language. It is VERY likely that they won't understand a subtle joke.

    Most Americans can't understand a subtle joke either.

    Though I suppose you could argue that most Americans don't speak English.