About FreeBSD and Solaris

[Andrew P.]

Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Phil Brennan <phil.brennan at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>This mysql benchmark includes solaris 10 and freebsd 5.3. Its a month
>>or two old now, but its the only one I've seen. Dag-Erling, how does
>>this show solaris to be slow on x86? It certainly isn't slow compared
>>to freebsd.
> 
> 
> Please use something else than MySQL as benchmark, as MySQL has
> well-known issues with FreeBSD's threading model.
> 
> DES

Latest talk on the Net suggests that freebsd is a
perfect choice for mysql-based database, but you
should compile it (mysql) with linux threads enabled.

I think Yahoo has used mysql on freebsd for years
on end. They have switched their core db units to
linux-oracle, though.

Andrew P.