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Re: [Xen-users] SPEC VIRT

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] SPEC VIRT
From: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:46:57 +0100
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On 1 Nov 2006 at 12:10, Tim Post wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 15:11 -0600, Tim Freeman wrote:
> > "The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is forming a group 
> > to
> > discuss whether virtualisation benchmarks are needed and, if so, then set 
> > those
> > benchmarks over an estimated three-month process."
[...]
> I think its needed.. first and foremost in the web hosting industry. 

Q: Isn't it sufficient to run a non-virtualization-aware benchmark within a 
DomU 
to get the performance of the virtualization? When running the same program in 
a 
camparable native environment, you could get the overhead of virtualization by 
comparing the results, right?

> 
> Many people pay for resources they just aren't getting as advertised,
> which gives the platform advertised a bad reputation.

Depends on the advertising...

[...]

Regards,
Ulrich


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