> On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 13:14 -0400, Charles Sprickman wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I still have an dual dual-core opteron box with a 3Ware 9550SX-12 > sitting > > here and I need to start getting it ready for production. I also have > to > > send back one processor since we were mistakenly sent two. Before I do > > that, I would like to record some stats for posterity and post to the > list > > so that others can see how this particular hardware performs. > > > > It looks to be more than adequate for our needs... > > > > What are the standard benchmarks that people here use for comparison > > purposes? I know all benchmarks are flawed in some way, but I'd at > least > > like to measure with the same tools that folks here generally use to get > a > > ballpark figure. > > Check out the OSDL stuff. > > http://www.osdl.org/lab_activities/kernel_testing/osdl_database_test_sui te > / > > Brad. > Let me know what tests you end up using and how difficult they are to setup/run- I have a dell 2950 (2 dual core woodcrest) that I could probably run the same tests on. I'm looking into DBT2 (OLTP, similar to TPC-C) to start with, then probably DBT-3 since it's more OLAP style (and more like the application I'll be dealing with). What specific hardware are you testing? (CPU, RAM, raid setup, etc?) - Bucky
