Re: DP performance

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Max Okumoto wrote:
> Miguel Filipe wrote:
>
> > Show me were, From what I've seen, linux kicks ASS in MP environments.
> > with threads and with processes...
> > Linux 2.6 scales better with load(see fefe's benchmarks) and cpus
> > (linux works on a 512cpu beast, made by SGI...can´t imagine FreeBSD
> > running on a 8< cpu machine...)
> > But hey. I might be biased, and i've only really used OpenBSD and
> > DragonFlyBSD .. but from the kernel specs of linux... it scales
> > beastly now...
>
>
> SGI is doing SSI on that beast, and using alot custom hardware to
> facilitate syncronization.  So yes linux on custom hardware can kick
> ass. :-)
>
>                 Max

	That argument is the same if FreeBSD were to be given the same
	advantage that the Linux world had from IBM, SGI, etc.

			-Hiten
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