[nycbug-talk] Lab environment

[Isaac Levy]

Hi George, All,

On May 19, 2004, at 6:10 PM, G.Rosamond wrote:

>>> I put out the idea of comparing FBSD with ipfw, NetBSD with ipf, and 
>>> OpenBSD with pf, but the dominant interest seemed to be around 
>>> networking protocols.
>>
>> Actually, agreed for the moment...  Seems like pf, with the new 
>> pfsync and carp mania is taking off in some new directions, so this 
>> could be more appropriate in a few months IMHO...  once folks have 
>> more familiarity with it all-
>
> But the problem, again, is that it's not about CARP, etc, and the 
> other funky OBSD pf features.
>
>>
>>>
>>> One problem is that if we do want to include AFS, AppleTalk, etc, 
>>> we're comparing protocols on inherently difficult to compare 
>>> architectures.
>>
>> I'm in- and have enough experience to make the architectural 
>> differences relatively painless (i.e. I've got our back on mac).
>>
>
> But what are we comparing then?

Well, as I expressed to Sunny just 1 min ago, I believe that a raw 
performance test is as foolhearty as comparing X86 to PPC to Sparc to 
Power4 architectures- there is really no clear 'winner', only strengths 
and weaknesses...

>
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Who is interested in taking a lead on this?
>>
>> I don't know about lead, but count me in.  If it's a lead that's 
>> necessary, I'll do it, but not until after next NYCBUG meeting can I 
>> commit the time.
>
> I take that as volunteering. . . <g>
[...snip...]
> We need to create a test environment, so we have to have each variable 
> controlled.  Not to sound like I just took 6th grade science. . .

Ahh- seeing as you have a good idea of the network enviornment, I'd say 
I can't go this one alone, but will need some backing on how the 
hardware/network/softwares are setup and controlled.

So I'll keep volunteered if some folks get my back on this stuff... <g>

Rocket-
.ike