[rhelv6-beta-list] Apache benchmark RHEL 5 vs. RHEL 6

[Marco Shaw]

I'd love to try it and break it down using SystemTap...  I just don't
have the free time.

"RHEL 5.5 + updates" versus "RHEL 6 Beta 2 July refresh"?

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Morten P.D. Stevens
<mstevens at imt-systems.com> wrote:
> 2010/11/9 Marco Shaw <marco.shaw at gmail.com>:
>
>> Well, right off, when you listed your hardware, I never assumed it was
>> virtualized.  At the very least, I would want to see this test in a
>> hypervisor virtualized environment, and even better directly on
>> hardware.
>>
>> Adding an virtual application layer adds so much to the equation that
>> your RHEL5 being faster than RHEL6 is no longer valid, in my mind.
>
> A few days ago I had the same tests on real hardware and VMWare ESXi 4.1 with exactly the same results.
>
> If you want you can like to try it yourself.