Re: ASP MSSQL vs PHP MySQL Tests

I intend to test on a low spec Intel based system and a high spec Intel based system respectively, each machine will remain the same apart from the hard disk drive. My only query is whether different hard disk drives will return seriously unfair results based on their HDD access speeds. As I am not a HDD guru, I'm not 100% sure how this will impact testing performance. I am undecided as to whether I should purchase a number of HDD's of the same capacity and speed. Andy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Ruby" <steve@rubysolutions.com> To: "info" <info@milonic.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 8:12 PM Subject: Re: ASP MSSQL vs PHP MySQL Tests > info wrote: > > > > Greetings Folks, > > > > Thanks for all who have registered with www.milonic.co.uk so far for the results of the Microsoft vs Open Source performance tests. I am now trying to find some spare hard drives to devote to the tests so that I can return to them at a later date if need be. > > > > My question for you guys is this. > > > > Do you think I should keep hard disk drive speed the same throughout the tests. Some hard drives run faster than others and I wouldnt want to give an unfair advantage to either side. Should I invest some cash in buying a batch of HDD's at the moment I will need 5 for each operating system. Although a big expense to start with, It might be worth it, What do you think. > > > > Andy. > > Unless you have 5 identical systems I would run all tests on the same > system > provided were talking i386 for everything here, if you've got Suns and > what > not, nevermind. >