numbers don't lie ...

[soralx at cydem.org]

> here are a bunch of new numbers:
> make: dell 2950
> OS: Freebsd 6.2-PRERELEASE
> cpu: XEON 3.20GHz dualcore * 2
> memory: 4GB
> 
> no swap configured/used.
> 
> make buildworld -j 8:
> 
> src & obj			real		user		system		hyper
> --------------------		---------	----------	---------	-----
> Dell PERC 5/i RAID 0		24m17.73s	1h4m31.49s	15m47.44s	no
> Dell PERC 5/i RAID 0		22m3.39s	1h38m46.84s	28m54.18s	yes
> iSCSI/netapp			26m49.98s	1h4m26.77s	16m12.89s	no
> 
> src     obj
> --------------------
> md   Dell PERC 5/i		24m7.22s	1h4m44.94s	16m24.45	no
> 
> so, if numbers are to be believed:
> 	1- hypert helps in the real time, but user and system are bigger.
> 		allot of sweat for a very small gain.
> 	2- src in memory made no change.

could it be that the src three was already in the memory, cached? or did
you do each test after a reboot?

> 	3- slow disc (iscsi) vs. very fast disk (PERC 5/i RAID 0) - about 1:3 speed, 
> produced
> 	   less than 10% gain in time.
> 
> danny

[SorAlx]  ridin' VN1500-B2