Re: Benchmark: NetBSD 2.0 beats FreeBSD 5.3 in server performance

From: Phil Brennan (phil.brennan_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/06/05

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    Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:56:46 +0000

    What about the context switch time? Are there any plans to improve
    this, and also to reduce the number of context switches needed?

    On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:19:49 +0000, Josef El-Rayes <josef@freebsd.org> wrote:
    > Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>:
    >
    > [...]
    >
    > > The results indicate that NetBSD
    > > has surpassed FreeBSD in performance on nearly every benchmark and
    > > is poised to grab the title of the best operating system for the
    > > server environment.''
    >
    > I think this is a conclusion drawn too early when there has not been
    > any comparison of each SMP implementation.
    > No one runs a toaster as a server environment.
    >
    > greets, josef
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