On Nov 6, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Wojciech Puchar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Tuning operating system for single benchmark is an example of that childish >>> behaviour. >> >> LOL. That's what "we" did several years ago : >> http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/dfly.html > > i've seen that page some time ago but i don't really care of it. > i just wasn't interested. > > Still - DOING such benchmark is good, as it can show general problems in used > algorithms. > > But working on software to make it better in some kind of synthetic benchmark > is common in commercial software world. ("We have more performance per buck > than company X") "Synthetic benchmarks" as you put it shouldn't be the ultimate basis for a decision, but instead allow users to gauge whether or not a certain software or hardware configuration is suitable for their given workload. No more, no less. The fact that they're being used in this manner is a bit like a salesman selling snake oil as the results aren't necessarily the result of a "best" configuration for all competing platforms, but instead an unknown configuration in this case. A similar statement about the importance of micro benchmarks can be made... Thanks, -Garrett _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
