Re: bonnie comparisons of 2.0.34 and 2.1.105

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 07:19:09 +0200 (MET DST)


On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Samuli Kaski wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Andrew J. Anderson wrote:
>
> > I thought the list would be interested in this comparison of bonnie results:

[snip 100% perf incr.]

> I think there is more to it. I get decreasing (avg ~1-20%) bonnie
> performance with 2.1.105 compaired to 2.0.3x but still 2.1.105 is
> lightyears :) faster than 2.0 just in about anything - even the bare eye
> can see it.

Keyword: mmap() readahead. Kudos to the guys who did it...

New for 2.3: swapin readahead for a similar improvement of
swapping code :)

Rik.
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