[Ardour-Users] 64bits

[Brett Clark]

It seems odd, but the test shows the 64-bit kernel as running disk
transactions vastly faster than the 32-bit (page 5).  Its using PostMark
which is a filesystem benchmarking utility.

64-bit - 2297 TPS
32-bit - 235 TPS

How in the world does a 64-bit cpu make your disk reads/writes happen 9x
faster?  How did that not raise a big red flag for the person performing the
tests?

Since the tester didnt put in any real comments about the hugh difference in
a highly unexpected area, im a big skeptical about all of their tests.

--Brett




On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Nando <nandinga at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all!!
>
> Given that we are in the mood these days, I have a question to ask. I've
> seen this benchmarks
>
>
> http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?21227-Ubuntu-32-bit-32-bit-PAE-64-bit-Benchmarks
>
> and started asking myself, why are we still stuck on 32bits? Is anybody
> using 64bit linux distro for audio? Its only me stuck?? hehe...
>
> Those benchmarks show HUGE differences in performance, and from the
> comments I've learned that what you get is to use all registers in the CPU,
> which are not used when running 32bit soft.
>
> Thx!!
>
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