Re: How fast is your server?

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2002


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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/ 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)
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/ Andrew Simpson

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