Re: WimMark I for 2.5.64-mm1

Randy.Dunlap (rddunlap@osdl.org)
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:28:40 -0800


On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:57:01 -0800 Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com> wrote:

| WimMark I report for 2.5.64-mm1
|
| Runs with anticipatory scheduler: 547.28 580.69
| Runs with deadline scheduler: 1557.79 1360.52
|
| WimMark I is a rough benchmark we have been running
| here at Oracle against various kernels. Each run tests an OLTP
| workload on the Oracle database with somewhat restrictive memory
| conditions. This reduces in-memory buffering of data, allowing for
| more I/O. The I/O is read and sync write, random and seek-laden.
| The benchmark is called "WimMark I" because it has no
| official standing and is only a relative benchmark useful for comparing
| kernel changes. The benchmark is normalized an arbitrary kernel, which
| scores 1000.0. All other numbers are relative to this.
| The machine in question is a 4 way 700 MHz Xeon machine with 2GB
| of RAM. CONFIG_HIGHMEM4GB is selected. The disk accessed for data is a
| 10K RPM U2W SCSI of similar vintage. Unless mentioned, all runs are
| on this machine (variation in hardware would indeed change the
| benchmark).

Is there a web page where we can view/compare results?

Thanks,

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~Randy
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