Re: How fast is your server?

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41832
interpreted = N
texte = On 7/23/02 2:17 AM, Andrew Simpson mashed the following keys :> > We just got a new PC in the office and thought we would compare it to the > speed of our mac / osx based webserver as a speed comparison. > > Using the following code: > > > [loop start=1&end=20000&advance=1] > [append db=id.db]ID=[index][/append] > [/loop] > [elapsedtime] > > The database was just a single file - (no header) with one field called ID. > > We found some interesting speed differences between the mac and pc. > > The PC completed this task in 243 ticks while the mac took 637 ticks. > > Similar speed differences were noted on tests with the general rule of thumb > being that the PC was about 2 to 2.5 time faster at processing. The PC was > faster still doing smaller jobs - being up to four times quicker when the > task wasn't so large - like creating 200 text variables for example. > > The two machines are as follows: > > ThePC > 1800+ Palimino XP > 256mb Ram > MS XP Pro, IIS 5 > > TheMac > Dual 533mhz G4 > 764mb Ram > OSX 10.1.5, Apache > > Both machines are running the latest version of Webcat > > > I thought it would be interesting for people out there to run this simple > test and tell us how it goes and the platform you tested on. > > Might give you either something to brag about or something to look at in > terms of your configuration. > > Can anybody do this test in under 100 ticks?Our results: > Dual 533mhz G4 1.5G Ram > OSX 10.1.5, Apache result: 580 g4 733 256MB ram OSX 10.1.5, Apache Result 693g4 500 1GB ram OS 9.2.2, Webstar Result 6302 <- BUT it's probably being backed up or something (I'll investigate in the morning)Just wait til we get our xserve.... :)Also, I added a delete command to your code after elapsed time so that subsequent hits have the roughly the same size DB to write to ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: How fast is your server? (Alain Russell 2002)
  2. Re: How fast is your server? (Alain Russell 2002)
  3. Re: How fast is your server? (Bob Minor 2002)
  4. Re: How fast is your server? (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  5. Re: How fast is your server? (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  6. Re: How fast is your server? (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  7. Re: How fast is your server? (Aaron Lynch 2002)
  8. Re: How fast is your server? (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  9. Re: How fast is your server? (John Peacock 2002)
  10. Re: How fast is your server? (Alain Russell 2002)
  11. Re: How fast is your server? (Aaron Lynch 2002)
  12. Re: How fast is your server? (Aaron Lynch 2002)
  13. Re: How fast is your server? (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  14. Re: How fast is your server? (Aaron Lynch 2002)
  15. How fast is your server? (Andrew Simpson 2002)
On 7/23/02 2:17 AM, Andrew Simpson mashed the following keys :> > We just got a new PC in the office and thought we would compare it to the > speed of our mac / osx based webserver as a speed comparison. > > Using the following code: > > > [loop start=1&end=20000&advance=1] > [append db=id.db]ID=[index][/append] > [/loop] > [elapsedtime] > > The database was just a single file - (no header) with one field called ID. > > We found some interesting speed differences between the mac and pc. > > The PC completed this task in 243 ticks while the mac took 637 ticks. > > Similar speed differences were noted on tests with the general rule of thumb > being that the PC was about 2 to 2.5 time faster at processing. The PC was > faster still doing smaller jobs - being up to four times quicker when the > task wasn't so large - like creating 200 text variables for example. > > The two machines are as follows: > > ThePC > 1800+ Palimino XP > 256mb Ram > MS XP Pro, IIS 5 > > TheMac > Dual 533mhz G4 > 764mb Ram > OSX 10.1.5, Apache > > Both machines are running the latest version of Webcat > > > I thought it would be interesting for people out there to run this simple > test and tell us how it goes and the platform you tested on. > > Might give you either something to brag about or something to look at in > terms of your configuration. > > Can anybody do this test in under 100 ticks?Our results: > Dual 533mhz G4 1.5G Ram > OSX 10.1.5, Apache result: 580 g4 733 256MB ram OSX 10.1.5, Apache Result 693g4 500 1GB ram OS 9.2.2, Webstar Result 6302 <- BUT it's probably being backed up or something (I'll investigate in the morning)Just wait til we get our xserve.... :)Also, I added a delete command to your code after elapsed time so that subsequent hits have the roughly the same size DB to write to ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Aaron Lynch

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