Linux vs OS2 vs NT vs Win95 vs Multics vs PDP11 vs BSD geeks

Linux vs OS2 vs NT vs Win95 vs Multics vs PDP11 vs BSD geeks

Post by Matt Wils » Tue, 07 Jul 1998 04:00:00



        Every machine and operating system has got its useful
purpose...

        I see no point in argueing with people which OS is better, and
which is worse, and what will survive and what wont...

        The bottom line is obviously the best OS is the one that make
the end user most productive.    Ive used quite a variety of software
from intel, ibm, MS, sun, GNU, DEC/compaq, etc,   and everything OS
has got its UPz and DOWnz, so depending on what you want to do with it
yer machine, probably determines what OS you run.

        So lets cut to the chase -  OS bashing is a waste of time,
and most of the time I'd say the person putting it down just hasn't
seen that particular OS's potential,  or should I say speciality....

      Hell,  Plan 9 has even got some interesting features.. <snicker>

       And all PC users know,  that no matter what use on a day to day
basis on the PC, that one day you will need to boot good ole ancient
DOS to do something...

 
 
 

Linux vs OS2 vs NT vs Win95 vs Multics vs PDP11 vs BSD geeks

Post by voi » Tue, 07 Jul 1998 04:00:00



>    I see no point in argueing with people which OS is better, and
>which is worse, and what will survive and what wont...

Congratulations, you have won Usenet<tm>.  You may now log off, if you
wish, or you may go back and play levels already beaten.

--

 Ben



 
 
 

Linux vs OS2 vs NT vs Win95 vs Multics vs PDP11 vs BSD geeks

Post by Sergiy Chubano » Wed, 08 Jul 1998 04:00:00


Where can I find manual on system administration on BSD 2.2.6 - RELEASE.
Maybe anybody now how to learn some issues with installing BSD system.
I have tried to install but missed.
        Truely yours,
        Serhiy Chubanov
 
 
 

Linux vs OS2 vs NT vs Win95 vs Multics vs PDP11 vs BSD geeks

Post by M. Maxwel » Wed, 08 Jul 1998 04:00:00



> Where can I find manual on system administration on BSD 2.2.6 - RELEASE.
> Maybe anybody now how to learn some issues with installing BSD system.
> I have tried to install but missed.
>    Truely yours,
>    Serhiy Chubanov

See the "FreeBSD Handbook", which can be found in HTML form on
"http://www.freebsd.org/".  Also, there should be info on that site on
ordering a complete book with CD set for FreeBSD.  If not, try
http://www.cdrom.com.

--

       Unix SysAdmin / BOFH | The way things ought to be.
http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ | "User error: replace user and reboot"

 
 
 

1. Perfomance: tar vs ftp vs rsync vs cp vs ?

Hello!

I'm looking for the fastest way to transfer files between 2 SUN
boxes sitting on a 100MB full-duplex ethernet.  Data: ~100Gb of
binary files ~30Mb each.

Copying and moving disks around is not an option - don't have
physical access to the servers.

Files are not organized by filesystem and/or directories.  I.e. I
have to transfer a list of files spread all over the places.

Things I'm considering:

1.  cd /net/src; tar cf - list_of_files | (cd /net/dst; tar xf -)
2.  for i in list_of_files; do rsync -options /net/src/$i /net/dst/$i; done
3.  for i in list_of_files; do ftp each file; done
4.  for i in list_of_files; do cp each file; done

For all 4 options I can break the list_of_files into sublists and
do them in parallel.

- Approximately 5% of files are the same on src and dst servers;
other files may have the same names, but are different and not
even similar (chunks of a database)

- Files compress with gzip 1:2 - I could reduce the total amount
of data travelling over the link by 2 via "z" option in tar or
rsync, but I'm afraid the overhead of gziping/ungzipping them
will consume more time, than I save on the network transers.
Server details: SRC server - E6500, 22 400MHz cpu, 48Gb RAM;
DST server - E10K, 4 333MHz cpu, 4Gb RAM.

Any thoughts on the above 4 methods and any other ideas on moving
things will be appreciated.

Thanks,

--
Andrei

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