Re: How fast is your server?
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texte = It is interesting that you what you say about the Xserve.When you can build a Fast as Buggery PC for a $1000.00 NZD is there any point buying an xserve that might not be able to compete???This is one of the hard choices we are struggling with at the moment - hence the interest in the speed test.For added interest:My TiBook does it in 935 667mhz G4 512Mb OSX 10.1.5, Apache.Anybody have a high spec Wintel or Intel/unix machine out there? On 23/7/02 10:26 PM, Aaron Lynch
wrote:> 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 693 > > g4 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/-- Andrew Simpson Web DevelopmentBlackpepper Interactive Ltd PO Box 99805 Newmarket4 Clayton Street Newmarket AucklandPh: +64 9 520-6281 Mob: 0272733270 Fax: +64 9 524-1849http://www.blackpepper.co.nz------------------------------------------------------------- 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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It is interesting that you what you say about the Xserve.When you can build a Fast as Buggery PC for a $1000.00 NZD is there any point buying an xserve that might not be able to compete???This is one of the hard choices we are struggling with at the moment - hence the interest in the speed test.For added interest:My TiBook does it in 935 667mhz G4 512Mb OSX 10.1.5, Apache.Anybody have a high spec Wintel or Intel/unix machine out there? On 23/7/02 10:26 PM, Aaron Lynch wrote:> 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 693 > > g4 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/-- Andrew Simpson Web DevelopmentBlackpepper Interactive Ltd PO Box 99805 Newmarket4 Clayton Street Newmarket AucklandPh: +64 9 520-6281 Mob: 0272733270 Fax: +64 9 524-1849http://www.blackpepper.co.nz------------------------------------------------------------- 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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