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From: "Steve Amphlett" <Firstname.Lastname@Where-I-Work.com>
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Subject: Re: MATLAB on Solaris x86 using brandz
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 17:55:07 +0000 (UTC)
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tristram.scott@ntlworld.com (Tristram Scott) wrote in 
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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. 

Just out of personal interest, how does the licensing 
work?  Are you connecting to a remote server, or did you 
somehow set up a server in the linux area?

- Steve