Re: WC on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 2.x
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texte = Dale and Aaron (and anyone else)What do think of a dual processor Pentium III 850 mhz processor machine running RedHat (2U high) vs. a mac running OS X?I have come across a good deal on some new machines and am considering it. ThanksDaleOn Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:20:22 Dale LaFountain
wrote: > >On 7/9/01 12:40 AM, The Defendant Aaron Lynch > > >Confessed: > > > >> On 7/9/01 12:26 AM, The Defendant Dale LaFountain > > >> Confessed: > >> > >> > >>> I'm seriously considering a switch to Linux instead of > OSX from our > >>> Webstar 4.4 server due to this particular issue. SMSI > blames the OS > >>> as the bottleneck, which may be entirely possible. Does > anyone else > >>> know of a multithreaded app that runs on both OSX and > Linux that can > > >> be easily tested for similar behavior? > > > > > > >Sure, Communigate Pro. > > > >And, wouldn't apache by itself qualify? > > Hmm, yes I suppose they do. I should have qualified my > previous > statement by saying extremely cpu-intensive apps... Both > CGPro and > apache could be made to tax a cpu, but not without a > significant > amount of effort to generate that load. > > I'm thinking more like an extremely complex perl script that > reads in > a big chunk of data into ram and then does a bunch of > manipulations > on that data, executed several times in parallel. All the > perl > scripts I have do a little calculation on a bunch of text > files, so > they don't really qualify as cpu intensive for this test. > > Any other ideas? > > As for Dale's question about linux hardware, I'm not sure > what would > be the best performer. So far I have tested on a dual 533 P3 > and a > dual 933 P3. Strangely enough, the dual 933 was NOT > noticeably > faster when executing single templates. I'm doing more > testing on > both machines this week. I will release my testing tools so > that > (hopefully) someone with a P4 can run some tests too. > > -Dale > -- > > Dale LaFountain > Vice President of Information Technology, WebMaster > Dark Horse Comics, Inc. mailto:dalel@darkhorse.com > Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 http://www.darkhorse.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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Dale and Aaron (and anyone else)What do think of a dual processor Pentium III 850 mhz processor machine running RedHat (2U high) vs. a mac running OS X?I have come across a good deal on some new machines and am considering it. ThanksDaleOn Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:20:22 Dale LaFountain wrote: > >On 7/9/01 12:40 AM, The Defendant Aaron Lynch > > >Confessed: > > > >> On 7/9/01 12:26 AM, The Defendant Dale LaFountain > > >> Confessed: > >> > >> > >>> I'm seriously considering a switch to Linux instead of > OSX from our > >>> Webstar 4.4 server due to this particular issue. SMSI > blames the OS > >>> as the bottleneck, which may be entirely possible. Does > anyone else > >>> know of a multithreaded app that runs on both OSX and > Linux that can > > >> be easily tested for similar behavior? > > > > > > >Sure, Communigate Pro. > > > >And, wouldn't apache by itself qualify? > > Hmm, yes I suppose they do. I should have qualified my > previous > statement by saying extremely cpu-intensive apps... Both > CGPro and > apache could be made to tax a cpu, but not without a > significant > amount of effort to generate that load. > > I'm thinking more like an extremely complex perl script that > reads in > a big chunk of data into ram and then does a bunch of > manipulations > on that data, executed several times in parallel. All the > perl > scripts I have do a little calculation on a bunch of text > files, so > they don't really qualify as cpu intensive for this test. > > Any other ideas? > > As for Dale's question about linux hardware, I'm not sure > what would > be the best performer. So far I have tested on a dual 533 P3 > and a > dual 933 P3. Strangely enough, the dual 933 was NOT > noticeably > faster when executing single templates. I'm doing more > testing on > both machines this week. I will release my testing tools so > that > (hopefully) someone with a P4 can run some tests too. > > -Dale > -- > > Dale LaFountain > Vice President of Information Technology, WebMaster > Dark Horse Comics, Inc. mailto:dalel@darkhorse.com > Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 http://www.darkhorse.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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