So it seems that my MacBook (2Ghz Core2 Duo, 2G RAM) runs 4707 Rspec tests in 67.5 seconds. My CentOS server (4200+ Core2 Duo, 2GB RAM) runs the same tests in 91.7 seconds. Both are running the latest version of MySQL. How odd is that?
Odd Benchmark 1
Posted by Matt
on February 03, 2008
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I’m willing to bet that I/O is the issue. Are your tests doing a lot with the database? If so, then it’s likely I/O. One thing you could do would be to run top and kick off the test, watch the iowait as it runs…..