Re: RFC: debian-bench
On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 08:41:26PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote:
> A package I'd really like to see in slink is some kind of simple
> benchmarker.
>
> I run debian on a 486 and a 586, and I have just acquired some SS2s that
> I'll probably put debian on, and one day hopefully they'll be a kernel for
> my powerpc, so I'll put debian on that..
>
> And I'd love to know their relative performance.
Please read the benchmark, it'll give you some hints and maybe the idea that
benchmarking isn't really possible.
It is just that it depends on your needs, what system will be faster. For a
http proxy server an old 486 with scsi disks and lots of ram will probably
be faster then a Pentium 333 with 32 MB and slow IDE disks.
If you don't like this example, try it with real time rendering of 3d
modells.
If you really take it serious, you need much magic and many tests and
much experience in this field.
If you don't take it serious, just look at the BogoMIPS. It'll tell you
nothing, but didn't you just tell me that you don't take it serious?
Marcus
PS: Don't take this mail too serious -> :)
--
"Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@
Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org
Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de for public PGP Key
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: