NewsForge: Comparing MySQL Performance

“With the introduction of the 2.6 Linux kernel,
FreeBSD-5-STABLE, Solaris 10, and now NetBSD 2.0, you might be
wondering which of them offers superior database performance. In my
previous article, I discussed the tools I chose to test these
venerable operating systems and the methodology by which they were
tested. The result is this MySQL performance comparison between
OpenBSD 3.6; NetBSD 2.0; FreeBSD 5.3 and 4.10; Solaris Express
(build 69); and Linux 2.4 and 2.6 (Gentoo-based). Read on for the
results.

“Before you skip ahead to the results section, bear one thing in
mind: the question this article asks is ‘how would MySQL perform on
these operating systems…?’

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