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From: tristram.scott@ntlworld.com (Tristram Scott)
Subject: Re: MATLAB on Solaris x86 using brandz
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Yong  <yong.lei@gmail.com> wrote:
> what's the performance of MATLAB in solaris x86? The 
> brandz certainly have system overhead introducted.
> 
> 

I believe that the overhead is not that much, maybe 5% or so.  I don't have
both Linux and Solaris on the same machine to do a proper comparison.

I have this working on my laptop (old and not so good) and on a server
(remote location, slow connection).  The server is a SunFire x2100 M2, and
gives a bench score of:

                         Version 7.2.0.294 (R2006a)
>> bench

ans =

    0.4407    0.5685    0.3488    0.8205    0.6841    0.0089

Ignore the graphics as I started with -nodisplay.  I have found it quite
good for getting work done on client site using my laptop.

You can only use 32 bit versions of MATLAB, and R2006a is the latest you
can use because of library issues.

Still, it only takes ten minutes to set it up on a working Solaris machine,
so I urge you to give it a try.  I did this from scratch again this
afternoon, with very little effort.

My understanding is that the current plan from The MathWorks is to do
nothing with regards to Solaris x86 support.  I believe they are awaiting
significant customer feedback, so let them know that you would like it, and
very soon please. 

-- 
Dr Tristram J. Scott               
Energy Consultant