Comments on: More on Benchmarking OSs http://probably.co.uk/more-on-benchmarking-oss.html Random musings, mostly about UNIX Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://probably.co.uk/more-on-benchmarking-oss.html/comment-page-1#comment-3112 Mark Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:21:59 +0000 http://probably.co.uk/?p=175#comment-3112 And I suspect they use more modern compiler options too. Is it the case that RedHat still compile practically everything as i386? Whatever, OpenSolaris was *still* quicker ;-) And I suspect they use more modern compiler options too. Is it the case that RedHat still compile practically everything as i386?

Whatever, OpenSolaris was *still* quicker ;-)

]]> By: Gary Law http://probably.co.uk/more-on-benchmarking-oss.html/comment-page-1#comment-3108 Gary Law Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:39:27 +0000 http://probably.co.uk/?p=175#comment-3108 The gap between Ubuntu and CentOS (Red Hat) can be explained: Red Hat is ultra-conservative in its use of kernels, and ends up with old(-ish) ones, with myriad backported fixes. Ubuntu is closer to the current Linux kernel, with all those accumulated go-faster stripes... That's my theory anyway ;) The gap between Ubuntu and CentOS (Red Hat) can be explained: Red Hat is ultra-conservative in its use of kernels, and ends up with old(-ish) ones, with myriad backported fixes. Ubuntu is closer to the current Linux kernel, with all those accumulated go-faster stripes…

That’s my theory anyway ;)

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