AlphaCore 0.9 slow on a xp1000

Richard Irving rirving at antient.org
Thu Mar 10 13:58:09 UTC 2005


Jay Estabrook wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 12:04:19AM +0000, Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
> 
>>I've finished installing AlphaCore 0.9 on a AlphaStation XP1000 to make 
>>some tests and everything is slow. Very slow indeed.
>>
>>This machine used to have a SuSE 8.1 install and it was as snappy as one 
>>can expect from this hardware, but AlphaCore just drags its feet everywhere.
>>
>>Ok, I haven't upgraded to 1.0a yet (still downloading), but I wanted to 
>>know if other people with this same hardware experienced the same thing.
>>
>>This box, together with an ES40 are used to crunch numbers, so every bit 
>>of performance is needed. If this is expected behaviour, I'll just 
>>revert back to the old install.
> 
> 
> Yes, I, too, experienced the "sluggishness" of AC-0.9.
> 
> And, to this point, AC-1.0a has been much better, feeling a good bit
> more responsive in interactive use.
> 
> But it still feels a bit "pokey" compared to the old RH 7.2.
> 
> I don't know if this is a compiler/library issue; if it IS, you might
> be happier sticking with those you know for performance critical
> reasons, at least until it shakes out a bit more...
> 
>  --Jay++

    I suspect the one person had it right, as you recompile
libraries, and compilers, to take advantage of your native
processor, and architecture, things speed up.


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