Startup times compared: Mdv 2006rc1 vs. OSS 10.0rc1 vs Super 10.0rc1
There’s a short but interesting article “Is SUPER Superior?” at http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/2587 Here’s an extract Represented below are the averages of 3 time tests for each area, first open of each application. Time in Seconds ########### Mdv 2006rc1 ########## OSS 10.0rc1########## Super 10.0rc1 Boot ######## 17 ---------------------24 -------------------21.6 X&KDE ####### 21 ---------------------27.3 -----------------15.3 OpenOffice ## 6 ----------------------6.6 ------------------4.6 Firefox###### 3 ----------------------3.3 ------------------2 Shutdown #### 17.6------------------- 22.3 -----------------21
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:52:09AM +0200, James PEARSON wrote:
There???s a short but interesting article ???Is SUPER Superior???? at http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/2587
Here???s an extract Represented below are the averages of 3 time tests for each area, first open of each application.
Time in Seconds ########### Mdv 2006rc1 ########## OSS 10.0rc1########## Super 10.0rc1 Boot ######## 17 ---------------------24 -------------------21.6 X&KDE ####### 21 ---------------------27.3 -----------------15.3
The above should be added together. If you have a server and run CLI only, 5 seconds are not really going to make the difference. Boot + X&KDE ## 38 --------------------51.3 ------------------36.9 Me thinks the conclusion on the website is wrong. And who cares about shutdown time? I am leaving and let the OS do the shutdown. Wether that is 10 seconds or 10 minutes, I could not care less. houghi -- Quote correct (NL) http://www.briachons.org/art/quote/ Zitiere richtig (DE) http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren Quote correctly (EN) http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
And who cares about shutdown time? I am leaving and let the OS do the shutdown. Wether that is 10 seconds or 10 minutes, I could not care less.
Really? You don't care? Well, if I have to upgrade the kernel on a production server, I care a heck of a lot, because my reboot time is shutdown+BIOS+boot - so if it's 10 minutes to shutdown, that makes for an unacceptably high downtime. Shutdown time matters, plain and simple. Oh, and if I'm out and about with my laptop, shutdown time affects when I have to think about stopping working if I need to move to catch a train or something (/me never suspends - should probably at least test it for bugzilla purposes actually...) -- James Ogley james@usr-local-bin.org GNOME for SuSE: http://usr-local-bin.org/rpms Make Poverty History: http://makepovertyhistory.org
James Ogley schrieb:
Shutdown time matters, plain and simple.
Oh, and if I'm out and about with my laptop, shutdown time affects when I have to think about stopping working if I need to move to catch a train or something (/me never suspends - should probably at least test it for bugzilla purposes actually...)
Suspend is actually faster than regular shutdown, so it could even help you. And for production server updates you might want to try kexec because it reboots directly into the new kernel, no BIOS involved. Regards, Carl-Daniel
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:46:40AM +0100, James Ogley wrote:
And who cares about shutdown time? I am leaving and let the OS do the shutdown. Wether that is 10 seconds or 10 minutes, I could not care less.
Really? You don't care?
Yes, I am serious. I hope it was clear that that is a personal opinion and I do understand that others will feel different. houghi -- Quote correct (NL) http://www.briachons.org/art/quote/ Zitiere richtig (DE) http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren Quote correctly (EN) http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
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