Re: [TCLUG:5285] NTS4 vs. Linux study from Mindcraft.

[Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>]

Well, we also would need a quad-xeon to be on the same level as these
guys. anyone have one they want to donate to the cause? *grin*

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Nate Carlson
the infinite loop
natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 pani@frontiernet.net wrote:

> With so many linux lovers out there, we might be able
> to get people to volunteer with their PCs!  I can hear people going
> "Yeah Sure !"
> 
> These guys used 144 test machines, which could be hard to
> obtain.  How about connecting 2 servers one with linux and one
> with NT on the internet and asking for people on the net to try
> and hit them with file requests during certain times.
> 
> This could be more "real-worldly" too but then the bottle neck
> would probably be the "internet connection".
> 
> It might be more feasible to convince Redhat or one of the other 
> linux vendors to carry out the same test on more "fair" grounds.
> --
> 
> Nate Carlson wrote:
> > 
> > Oh, and do you have 10+ client machines?
> > 
> > ----
> > Nate Carlson
> > the infinite loop
> > natecars@infiniteloop.com
> > 
> > On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 pani@frontiernet.net wrote:
> > 
> > > Here I go again !  Need some help ?  I wouldn't mind doing this at
> > > all.
> > > --
> > > sandipan
> > >
> > > Ben Kochie wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I belive we have such a system (dell 6300/400) at work that is a web testing
> > > > system (NT + IIS)  and I may try and convince my boss to allow me to work on it
> > > > off hours with this testing.. I will need to study their benchmark parameters
> > > >
> > > > On 14-Apr-99 Scott Dier wrote:
> > > > > Smart Reseller has been running a ton of pro-linux benchmarks and such
> > > > > too other than this one.  So existing evidence is there that linux does
> > > > > beat nt.
> 
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