Re: WC on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 2.x
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texte = Well, I have a perl script that uses find to recurse through directories and write image sizes to a file. It's slower than hell on an iMac with OSX.Want it? On 7/9/01 11:20 AM, The Defendant Dale LaFountain
Confessed:>> 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-- Aaron Lynch System Administrator NineWire Digital Solutions || http://ninewire.comI drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Well, I have a perl script that uses find to recurse through directories and write image sizes to a file. It's slower than hell on an iMac with OSX.Want it? On 7/9/01 11:20 AM, The Defendant Dale LaFountain Confessed:>> 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-- Aaron Lynch System Administrator NineWire Digital Solutions || http://ninewire.comI drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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