Re: Windows vs Linux Performance

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:00:55 -0800
Message-ID: <1169496051.335491@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

Charles Hooper wrote:
> hpuxrac wrote:

>>>
>>> Matt
>> Looks like it's based on itanium ... I started laughing and didn't read
>> any further.

>
> The results were not what I expected, and may have been very different
> given a slightly different hardware configuration. It does, however,
> show that RAC works with Windows platforms, at least in test
> environments.
>
> Charles Hooper
> PC Support Specialist
> K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.

I'm laughing along with HPUXRAC. The tests don't demonstrate anything beyond the fact that with one specific case it is possible to make Windows look like it is equivalent to Linux provided:

1. You don't test failover
2. You rely on an undocumented configuration
3. You rely on an undocumented test suite
4. You don't mind that Intel codes pathing into their chips that favors Windows over Linux.
5. You ignore the dangers from rootkits, viruses, trojans, etc.

For the rest of us there is a real operating system.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Mon Jan 22 2007 - 14:00:55 CST