Performance

• Performance of 5.x branch is very important

  • Important selection criteria for FreeBSD users
  • SMP networking performance must exceed 4.x
  • Measurement/improvement of granular locking
  • 5.x on UP still sometimes slower than 4.x
  • 5.x on SMP is often much faster than 4.x
  • Workload selection impacts scheduler choice
  • Remember to turn off default debugging options!
  • Currently building a 5.x performance cluster