On 28-Jan-09, at 1:09 PM, David Weintraub wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Toby Thain
> <toby_at_telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>> I assume you saw the 10-fold (or better) increase in speed that
>> Jonathan
>> Taylor measured?
>
> I don't want to say a 10-fold speed increase. That means instead of
> something taking 20 minutes, it takes two. We were using Eclipse too
> which is a Java app, and Java apps aren't as fast on Windows as Linux.
> I never really measured the difference.
> ... If
> you're using VisualStudio, you're pretty much stuck with Windows when
> using Subversion.
That depends. The compilers and toolchain runs fine under WINE (for
x86, ia64 and x86_64 targets. I think the .NET tools as well, but I
have no use for those). Eclipse on Linux makes a nice Win32 IDE.
--Toby
>
>>
>> I am sure that Reiser 3 would be even faster (if I recollect my own
>> experiences upgrading old RedHat systems to Gentoo+r3, I wouldn't be
>> surprised to see at least a further doubling of bulk working copy
>> operations
>> versus ext2/3).
>>
>> It strikes me that this information (that Linux/UNIX is 10-20x as
>> fast as
>> Windows when working with Subversion working copies) should be
>> mentioned
>> more prominently in the manual or FAQ. That factor must soon have
>> a tangible
>> effect on productivity.
>>
>> From other recent threads here it appears there are also substantial
>> performance benefits to serving from Linux/UNIX (in addition to
>> all the well
>> known reliability/maintainability benefits).
>>
>> --Toby
>>
>>
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