On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 01:07:59AM +0100, zafer@gmx.org wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> the main purpose was not a "real" benchmark, as everybody noticed, no, it
> was just the point, that I was surprised that a Linux system, managed to
> unpack our pkgsrc.tar.gz in under 30 Seconds on the same Hardware and
> disappointed that NetBSD was so much slower.
> Now, I just wanted to collect information, that approve either that my
> system is misconfigered, or that NetBSD is that slow in this particular
> example; and because of that, you could easily see huge time differences,
> wherefore you needn't exact measurement. 

I wasn't implying a real benchmark, just showing that there are many
factors that can affect observed filesystem speeds, misconfiguration 
included. =)

> A famous commercial Slogan should say:
> How much time do you need to unpack pkgsrc.tar.gz ?

As long as it takes. 

:-D

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Michael Parson
mparson@bl.org