[cvsnt] Re: Performance Woes...

[Jeremy Weber]

Really trying to avoid running our repository on Linux.  We are a small 
company and mostly windows.... It would just be easier to administrate on 
Windows.  The box that is...

"Glen Starrett" <grstarrett at cox.net> wrote in message 
news:d87b26$j0p$1 at paris.nodomain.org...
> Jeremy Weber wrote:
>> On Drive 1:
>> - Windows 2003 Standard Server - Nothing installed/running but CVS.
>> - CVSNT -  CVS Version: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10.8 
>> (client/server).
>> -  2 Xeon 2.8, 2 GB RAM, 1 SATA 7200rpm 80 GB Drive
>> On Drive 2:
>> - RedHat Enterprise 4.0
>> - CVS - Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.17 (client/server)
>> - 2 Xeon 2.8, 2 GB RAM, 1 SATA 7200rpm 80 GB Drive
>
> CVSNT also runs on Linux -- why don't you try running the same version of 
> CVSNT on the RHEL so you get comparable features running.  You'll likely 
> note that Win32 file system access is significantly slower (just my 
> impression that it is, even without realtime scanners -- your tests seem 
> to confirm this anecdotally anyway).
>
> I have no idea why Win runs faster with the supposedly performance 
> increasing features off...
>
> Regards,
>
> -- 
> Glen Starrett