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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:53:23 PDT, "David S. Miller" said: > I really don't see why receive is so much of a big deal > compared to send, and we do a send side version of this > stuff already with zero problems. Well.... there's optimizations you can do on the send side.. > The NFS code is already basically ready to handle a fragmented packet > (headers + pages), and could stick the page part into the page cache > easily on receive. For example, in this case, you know a priori what the IP header will look like, so you can use tricks like scatter-gather to send the header from one place and a page-aligned data buffer from another, or start the packet at (page boundary - IP_hrd_len), or tricks of that sort. In 20 years, I've seen a lot of vendors do a lot of ugly things to speed up their IP stack, often based on the fact that they knew a lot about the packet before they started assembling it. It's hard to do tricks like that when you don't know (for instance) how many IP option fields the packet has until you've already started sucking the packet off the wire - at which point either the NIC itself has to be clever (Hmm, there's that IP offload again) or you have literally about 30 CPU cycles to do interrrupt latency *and* decide what to do....
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As you may be aware there are a couple of methods available to parallel load data into an ASO database, one method is to have multiple sessions of Maxl each performing a data load or the much more efficient way of using one Maxl statement using multiple load rules (up to eight).
The Maxl syntax is
Import database
A buffer is created for each load rule and the id starts with the number defined in the statement, so if you have two load rules starting at buffer id 100 then once the statement is executed buffers 100 and 101 will be created and data from the first load rule will be loaded to buffer 100 and the second to 101, once both data loads are complete then the content of the buffers will be committed to the database in one operation.
For an example I am going to load data to the ASOsamp.Sample database using two load rules with the parallel load Maxl and then go through the process to achieve the same using ODI and the essbase adaptor.
I created two SQL load rules DLSQL2,DLSQL3 which were pretty much identical in format.
import database AsoSamp.Sample data connect as ODISTAGE identified by 'password' using multiple rules_file 'DLSQL2','DLSQL3' to load_buffer_block starting with buffer_id 100 on error write to "F:\Scripts\dloaderror.txt";
A simple Maxl statement was created to use the parallel data load functionality starting with buffer id 100 and using the two rules files I had created.
If you query the load buffers while the data loads are taking place you can see that two buffers (100,101) have been created.
The default aggregation method is AGGREGATE_SUM which means "Add values when the buffer contains multiple values for the same cell."
By default missing values are ignored but zero values are not.
Later on I will compare how ODI manages the buffers.
If you check the essbase application log when the parallel loads are being run you will see that the load buffers are initialised
The data loads then take place
And finally once the data loads are complete the buffers are committed in one operation.
So a nice and simple example which I will now try and replicate the functionality using ODI.
I am going to be using ODI 11g as load plan are available which make it much simpler to execute scenarios in parallel, it is certainly possible to achieve it in 10g using a package and the scenarios set to asynchronous mode.
The essbase ODI model reversing options was set to multiple data columns with measures being the data column and members "Original Price", "Price Paid", "Returns", "Units", "Transactions", this will match the data load in the load rules which were originally set up for the Maxl method.
I created two similar interfaces with the source as a relational table and the target being the essbase database datastore, I had to use the SUM function on the members due to an issue I encountered when loading same cell records with multiple values, I will cover this issue towards the end of this blog.
In the IKM options you will notice there are three options relating to ASO, these options just appeared in one of the patch releases of 10g though I am not sure exactly which version that was, if you don't have the options then you really should be patching ODI because many issues with the Hyperion adaptors have been addressed over time.
BUFFER_ID – This is exactly the same as the buffer id concept used with Maxl
BUFFER_SIZE – When performing an incremental data load, Essbase uses the aggregate storage cache for sorting data. You can control how much of the cache a data load buffer can use by specifying the percentage (between 0 and 100% inclusive). By default, the resource usage of a data load buffer is set to 100, and the total resource usage of all data load buffers created on a database cannot exceed 100. For example, if a buffer of 90 exists, you cannot create another buffer of a size greater than 10. A value of 0 indicates to Essbase to use a self-determined, default load buffer size
This is the same as resource usage in the essbase world, it differs slightly than that when used in Maxl it is a percentage between 0.1 and 1 and in ODI it is between 0 and 100.
GROUP_ID – This option is used when using parallel data loads, each interface that is going to be run in parallel will require the same group id. I am not sure exactly how internally it works but it looks like in the core Java code for the adaptor there is a buffer id manager and when interfaces are executed the buffer id is added to the manager, once all executing sessions are complete then the array of IDs in the buffer manager are committed at once.
Second interface KM options -
Each of the interfaces have a load rule defined and I set both interfaces to a group ID of 1, the first interface had a buffer id of 1 and the second a buffer id of 2, as there are two loads in parallel the buffer size in each of the interfaces was set to 50%.
A scenario was generated for each interface this is because when using load plans it is not possible to directly add an interface and a scenario is required.
A simple load plan was created and the two scenarios generated from the interfaces were added and set to execute in parallel.
After executing the Load Plan you can see in the operator that both the scenarios are executed in parallel.
Looking at the essbase application logs then it seems to follow the same concept as with the Maxl method, now it is not going to be exactly the same as the Maxl method uses SQL load rules and ODI uses the Java API and streams the data via the load rule.
SQL load rule using Maxl -
ODI Data load -
If you query the load buffers when using ODI to load data then there is a difference in some of the default properties being used.
The aggregation method being used is "AGGREGRATE_ASSUME_EQ" compared the Maxl default of "AGGREGATE_SUM", I am not aware of the property that ODI is using and I am not sure why it doesn't use the aggregate sum method.
Ignore missing are also set to false compared to the default of True when using Maxl, setting missing to True is the optimal performance.
The problem here is that with ODI you have no option to change these default values and are stuck with what has been hardcoded in the Java code, this is pretty poor in my opinion and I wish Oracle would wake up a little and start enhancing the adaptors and take data integration with EPM seriously before they are left behind, if they were enhanced then I am sure more would use them instead of being forced down firing off Maxl from within ODI.
I had a hunt around in the Java code to see how the buffers are initialised.
They use the loadBufferInit method which is available the essbase Java API.
The aggregation method in the adaptor code is being fixed to duplicates assume equal.
The options ignore missing and zero value is also hardcoded.
The options when the buffer is committed are also fixed so you lose the options to work with slices and overriding data.
In my opinion it really wouldn't be touch much of a development exercise to make these options available to be set in the IKM like with buffer id and size.
Anyway this leads me on to the issue I experienced when loading multiple values to the same cell which may be down to the fixing of the aggregation method as shown above.
The above source data has multiple values being loaded against the same cell and if the data is loaded using Maxl then it loads without any issues.
com.hyperion.odi.essbase.ODIEssbaseException: Cannot Load buffer term. Essbase Error(1270089): Data load failed: input contains different values for the same cell [(Original Price, Curr Year, Jan, Sale, Credit Card, No Promotion, 26 to 30 Years, 20,000-29,999, Photo Printers, 017589, 13835): 240 / 236]
If you load the same data using ODI then the interface fails with an error about the input data containing different values for the same cell, this may be because of the aggregation property being used when the essbase adaptor initialises the buffer.
The workaround is to sum the data in the interface but I still consider this to be a bug with the knowledge module because you have no way of changing any of the default values, over to you Oracle.


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The number of hybrid home networks will continue to grow as consumers use different technologies to support an expanding array of connected consumer electronics (CE), such as televisions, computers, game consoles, and smartphones. These increasingly complex networks, coupled with the demand to share digital content between devices, require a standard capable of uniting disparate wired and wireless elements into a hybrid home network. IEEE P1905.1 defines a common abstraction layer that will provide such a standard. It will streamline network performance by dynamically managing packets from different wireless or wired interfaces, and maximizing network bandwidth to ensure reliable content delivery across all home networking technologies.
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Will we learn in time, with the production of each new bomb, biological weapon, or cancerous chemical by the right wing U.S. Empire made up of Republicans and Democrats, as well as, Protestants, Catholics, Christian/Judaeo and duplicitous others -- "That our only legitimate hope of survival is to prize what remains of the Earth and foster its dependent renewal"?
Misinformed in our right to know, many of us think we inherit the land from our fathers when actually we only borrow it from our children; where what will they do when the last tree is cut and the clean air, pure water and land is all poisoned?
Most of us are unaware even our religiosity is made relative, in that Emperor Constantine the Great outlawed books such as those of Greece that advanced the mind of man. He commissioned a single Eusebius, to edit the original religious books to those that enhanced Constantine's aim to take over both church and state.
In so doing Eusebius, united paganism into Christianity almost overnight by removing at least 33 percent of the First Church's vast works and keeping those with the pagan motifs, symbols and rituals, which they had been familiar for over 300 years. The 81 books Eusebius left remaining, which later came to be known as the original King James Version of the Bible, were hand-picked by him and adopted by the First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. And likewise with the Protestant Reformation, the "'Authorized' King James Version" of 1611 was selected from Eusebius's prior compilation.
Then in 1885 the Archbishop of Canterbury removed 15 other books (the apocrypha) leaving most Protestant bibles with 66 books. And so with the masses of both Catholic and Protestant from Constantine's arrangement it worked, even unto this day. But a few others have sought the wisdom of I Thessalonians 5:21 where it says, "Prove all things; hold fast, that which is good." And it was Edmond Burke who said "All that is necessary for evil to advance is for good men to do nothing."
Subsequently had these acumen been acted upon it would have redefined our understanding and changed the destiny of Bush's Reaganomics (Capitalism's trickle down effect) and aggressive preemptive strikes actuating further that evil desire to take over and enslave the world, not unlike Constantine's takeover of Rome and more.
Inasmuch the richest 400 people's income in the U.S. wouldn't have increased to an average of $250 million a year while millions (the least of them) are thirsty, cold, hungry, sick, can't find a job and dying. Whereto in his eight years just as Reagan doubled the national debt, Bush increased it to $10 trillion-plus, deceptively benefiting a wealthy few, it would not have happened for we would have known better.
Too, instead of the U.S. Empire bombing and slaughtering millions of innocent people in at least 60 falsely presented interventions of war since World War II (too lengthy to name) we would have been leading the way for humanity, in a positive sense, to work together for the well being of each other. Instead the right wing war profiteers kept most Americans thinking it was the right thing to do, when in actuality only an elite few had a clue.
But greed is an immoral and shortsighted conception without any practical reason -- save evil itself, as shown by the insistent Empire ravishing the universe's indefensible, which is neither compatible with Christianity, Democracy nor a living ecosystem.
Whereas Iraq alone is now suffering more than a million deaths, and there continues to be no job shortage on the need for gravediggers either here at home or abroad. While would we seek to sustain Earth's existence it could be more positive for our grandchildren's grandchildren.
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This is the As Agatha tries to settle into village life her plans are yet again disturbed by yet another murder, without over-thinking the fact that she must now be living in one of the most deadly villages in the Cotswolds she starts her classic snooping investigating. Once again Agatha causes chaos as her clumsy detective skills lead her into more trouble as she endeavours to get to the bottom of this latest village crime. The story is peppered with quick wit, dry humour and it is well written for a leisurely holiday read. Mrs Beaton's tale is highly enjoyable and fast paced from start to finish. It is actually quite a short book and could easily be finished in a night, but fortunately there are plenty left in the series after this one for you to enjoy if these Cotswold crime stories get your imagination going!!
Also if you like these books you ay also enjoy M C Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series set in the "peaceful" dwelling of Lochdubh in the highlands.
Absolutely brilliant book, a follow on from 'Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death' which continues to provide the same 'Hetty Wainthrop' style murders and scene setting.
A twisting plot with some grusome goings-on with the murder of the local vet. When animals are dying in strange circumstances and the local vet takes an interest in Agatha the story begins....
Although the primary plot is around Agatha's investigation of the murder of the vet, in the subplots we do learn more about Agatha and her new life in Carsley.
Agatha meets her new neighbour James and we begin to see their relationship grow (further books build on this). From there the plot twists as she joins forces with James to solve the murder whilst endevouring to get his attention as more than just a friend.
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Well, where to start. It's not big or clever but... I REALLY did enjoy reading it. The plot is simplistic, the characters are simplistic, the sentence structure is simplistic, and yet... there's a lot to like.
Having read the first of the Agatha Raisin series I was looking forward to getting my hands on the next. I find it difficult to explain why because they aren't exactly literary classics. For some reason this doesn't matter and I think it's because the books aren't trying too hard. They are supposed to be a simple romp through a loosely plotted murder mystery. As long as you are prepared to suspend your disbelief when a pair of middle-aged amateur detectives manage to break into the branch of a bank(?!?) it is an enjoyable and relaxed read.
The Cotswold village setting is clearly there to hook those who like their murder quaint a la Midsummer Murders or The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Speaking of which, the book is clearly written with television in mind. The story is punctuated with mildly comical dialogue which neatly side-steps anything that could be deemed offensive and there's enough slap stick routines (middle-aged, overly made-up lady standing on a sink in a public toilet - "oh look it's broken and she's got water shooting up her skirt - such fun!") for some formulaic Sunday night family viewing.
The best way of describing this book is "moreish". I will reluctantly start searching through charity shops for the next instalment because charmed as I am I would not recommend paying full price for this book, or indeed any from the Agatha Raisin series. If you are a fan of mystery writing, and by that I mean you'll give anything a go once, then please do read this book, but borrow it from the library, don't part with hard-earned cash.


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The vexed issue of when boards should disclose takeover approaches has flared yet again as revelations emerge that
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KKR, with corporate advisers from Nomura in its corner, first approached Treasury on Wednesday April 16 about a cash offer. But Treasury didn't disclose it publicly to "preserve the confidentiality of the proposal'' and because premature disclosure would hurt Treasury shareholders. Treasury chief executive
That policy didn't stop Treasury from going on the front foot when speculating on potential corporate transactions involving its troubled US wine business. On May 2, it told the ASX French drinks giant Pernod Ricard, which owns Jacob's Creek, had not approached it about buying Treasury's US business. On May 15, it lodged a similar response to the ASX in relation to speculation about interest from New York-based alcoholic beverages giant Constellation Brands, saying it "had not been approached by and is not in discussions with Constellation Brands regarding the company's US business".
But behind the scenes KKR and Treasury were discussing a transaction involving the company and its brands including Penfolds, Rosemount, Lindeman's, Wolf Blass, Wynns and Seppelt. KKR vowed on Tuesday it hadn't breached any confidentiality agreements by going to institutional shareholders in Treasury on a "wall-crossed, confidential basis". Treasury claimed KKR had forced its hand by going to shareholders. Mr Clarke described it as a "leak".
The ASX points to its Listing Rule 3.1 about continuous disclosure as a guide, which states that once an entity "becomes aware of any information concerning it that a reasonable person would expect, to have a material effect on the price or value of the entity's securities, the entity must immediately tell ASX that information".
Interestingly, KKR set the ball rolling in late 2006 for the $18 billion takeover of
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Expect a serious bun-fight over Treasury's non-disclosure and the fact that its shares were on the rise in early May as speculation about a separate deal in the US bubbled up. This has implications for benchmark takeover premiums as takeover battles are fought over weeks and months. There is also the question about how skilled private equity operators are when it comes to the wine industry. Wine is notoriously capital-hungry and private equity firm CHAMP have their hands full with Accolade Wines, which sells Hardys, Houghton and Banrock Station.
CHAMP bought 80 per cent of Accolade for $290 million in 2011 from New York-based Constellation Brands, which retained 20 per cent. Constellation became the owner in 2003 when it made a $1.9 billion takeover for what was then known as BRL Hardy in 2003.
Accolade two months ago bolstered its balance sheet with a $US300 million new financing package extended by GE Capital International.
Treasury and Accolade have close links. Treasury embarked on a deal in late 2013 to make and package wine for Accolade its facilities in California. In mid-2012 the companies consolidated their international bottling operations.
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Jan 10, 2008 01:39 firstname.lastname@example.com|LINK
Hi to all,
I just want to ask the reasons that Which is better in all terms, that means finally after taking care of all apsects like security , platform independence , cost, development time and speed, etc.. which is better PHP or ASP.NET
I googled this topic but whereever i found is PHP PHP and only PHP is better????
So wht you people think?? below are the some links who says PHP is better??
So please tell me that which is better??? thanks....
70248 Points
Jan 10, 2008 01:52 firstname.lastname@example.com|LINK
firstname.lastname@example.com please tell me that which is better???
There is no better or worse. Only better or worse for a specific task. But nice try at starting a flame war.
Jan 10, 2008 01:59 email@example.com|LINK
that's ok but still in the links which i have given shows that PHP is better in many terms than ASP.NET?? So there should be one winner who win this WAR. that may be ASP.NET or it may be PHP..??
So wht u think and why you think that who is the winner
ASP.NET or PHP
Jan 11, 2008 01:29 firstname.lastname@example.com|LINK
Hi guys,
No one is replying to this post?? is it true that PHP is better or anyone not having any reasons to say that ASP.NET is better???
please moderators and all ASP.NET developer , i request you that please put your views here. no matters PHP or ASP.NET is better, but please put the reasons if PHP is better or Why ASP.NET is not and vice-versa.
966 Points
Jan 11, 2008 01:44 AM|prajeeshkkindia|LINK
Please read this article also
298 Points
Jan 15, 2008 05:32 AM|CoskunSUNALI|LINK
PHP is just and interpreted language though it is strong enough to develop any kind of page you want to develop.
ASP.NET is a part of a framework which means you may use the framework's abilities. Your ASP.NET application can be a part of a mobile, Windows, Windows Service, Smart client or even unmanaged code supported.
Security and that kind of things are mostly bound to the developers. If you forget escaping and replacing some chars when requesting a data using $_REQUEST or $_POST, your PHP application may also be an unsecure system.
So depending on the solution that you will develop, both languages have their advantages and disadvantages.
8340 Points
Jan 24, 2008 02:57 AM|Mr^B|LINK
I've no idea about PHP vs ASP.Net, but I can confirm (and show my working) that Apples are definitely better than Oranges, and that Blue is indeed a superior color to red.0.5/10 for the trolling attempt though.
15 Points
Jan 24, 2008 03:08 PM|priteshchandra|LINK
I used to program in PHP before but after changing jobs, i am 'required' to develop in .NET since the existing application are running on .NET framework. Heres my opinion. PHP is easy to learn. PHP has a wider community. PHP is not too true to OOP.
.NET may be tricky at first for beginners. .NET is very true to OOP. .NET community is always up to date with the new trends and changes.
PHP can run on almost all platforms (i think). .NET will require windows with .NET framework. (but u can try MONO.NET)
etc etc etc etc.
I personally feel that PHP is better for those who feel close to PHP and have worked on it for years. .NET is better for those who have love for windows. its an individuals liking or choice of the programming language they want to use. PHP is better in its own world and .NET is better in its own arena.
I cant say that either of the two is better or worse.
pritesh chandra
5053 Points
Jan 29, 2008 04:28 PM|Motley|LINK
The answer is that they aren't even the same thing. PHP is a dynamic scripting language. ASP.NET is a framework.
That said, PHP is very good at creating web pages that limited functionality. Basic static pages with some small dynamic content. Once you get beyond that, then you start looking for code "pieces" to use. A grid. A menu. Simplified database access libraries. Template Engines. Data caching libraries. Content caching libraries.
When you are done, you've basically hacked together your own custom PHP framework.
ASP.NET has all that in place, and quite honestly much much more. The larger the project, the better ASP.NET does. It's got more overhead in terms of learning and coding, but as the project complexity increases, ASP.NET code complexity is fairly linear. PHP code becomes exponentially more complex and time consuming.
10 Points
Apr 30, 2008 12:14 PM|BalochDude|LINK
10 Reasons why ASP.NET is better than PHP:
asp.net php comparison
0 Points
May 02, 2008 12:54 PM|CosmicGirl|LINK
That said, PHP is very good at creating web pages that limited functionality. Basic static pages with some small dynamic content. Once you get beyond that, then you start looking for code "pieces" to use. A grid. A menu. Simplified database access libraries. Template Engines. Data caching libraries. Content caching libraries.
When you are done, you've basically hacked together your own custom PHP framework.
There are several good frameworks that enforce MVC pattern, such as CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Symfony, and more, so you don't really need to create one.
PHP is not better or worse than .net, only someone who lacks a brain cell or two would say that. PHP is an alternative technology to asp.net, you can use either to create a site/web application/or internal web portal. It just depends what you are used to. If you are a good dev, you will create quality code using either technology.
PHP nowdays has all the neccessary features to develop a large app: OOP, templates, MVC frameworks....so do some research before dissing something.
5053 Points
May 02, 2008 03:22 PM|Motley|LINK
Using personal attacks really doesn't help "prove" your point. It just shows your evidence is so weak (or wrong) you have to use personal attacks to try and drive your point across.
The question was which is better, PHP or ASP.NET. The question wasn't... "Is there a way expand PHP into a full fledged framework capable of handing large projects?" Cosmicgirl if you wish to continue that line of thought on another thread please feel free. But you've proven exactly what I said. In order to use PHP for large applications, you need to start looking for code "pieces" to use. You've just mentioned some...CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Symfony are all pieces of code that might help you in large(r) projects.
Regardless of what you've implied, I've done my research, and I work with both technologies everyday. PHP does not scale nearly as well, as cleanly, or as nicely as ASP.NET does. You can force PHP projects to becomes scalable by using frameworks like you've mentioned above, but those bring their own problems into the mix, and by the time you are done you've lost all the advantages that PHP brings, created a slew of problems that ASP.NET doesn't have, and the frameworks still fail to be as comprehensive, cohesive, and pervasive.
0 Points
May 06, 2008 12:33 PM|CosmicGirl|LINK
What frameworks have you tried in PHP? Also, as far as scaling goes, I beg to differ. What do you define as scalability?
From my experience, scalability is about what happens when you add more resources and how that increases the volume of requests your application an handle.
Sure, ASP.net provides a nice encapulated environment where all the libs are bundled up but the only problem with asp.net that is it a MS product which means there are always issues with backwards compatibility, the info on MSDN is near to impossible to find...etc etc, the list could go on. Of course, you can argue that these are not directly related to asp, however, when I don't know something, I can find the info on php in 15 mins(its very well supported and documented), with asp it would take me a day or to, either by posting here or looking at the msdn.
So really each technology has its advantages and disadvantages. Both scale if you code properly. I don't see a problem with discipline when coding. So if you are saying that it's hard to code with discipline in php, it's not, it's a mind set you get in
40 Points
Jul 21, 2009 06:08 AM|blbirajdar02|LINK
I think ASP.NET is better than PHP..
7032 Points
Jul 26, 2009 08:49 PM|hajan|LINK
Hey there...
I guess you've already seen other users provided web pages with the 6 or 10 reasons why ASP.NET is better than PHP.
I strongly agree with these opinions.
I've read some debates on other forums where users say that php is better, but with no real facts included. Yes, maybe someone get used to use PHP, so it seems better... but we should always see the abilities that one language, platform or framework can do.
- There is programming language behind ASP.NET scene (It is definitely Object Oriented)...
When I first started developing web, I started with PHP. It was a project that required me to learn PHP. So I did. It was fun and not so hard to learn.. but after a while, I ended up working on complex project. So it was really hard to manage and organize the all things together, plus, the security which is one of the major things in web and any other apps that are public accessed, the security was quite hard to be completely managed -
After a while, I heard about .NET v.1.1. this time... So I started learning the concepts of .NET and C# as programming language for .NET -
The very first things I read about .NET - told me - that it's the way of development I was dreaming about, cool to do, great to organize, limitless abilities and best for complex projects!
Now I'm working professionaly with .NET Framework and I'm getting closer and closer every new day developing applications on .NET - that's why I'm very thankful to Microsoft for the best oportunities that these guys give us, Developers.
Jul 31, 2009 01:04 PM|nurasto|LINK
I code with these two amazing thing almost everyday. Living in harmony ASP.NET C# and PHP (with no framework / as is). This question remembering me to question about which one better HTML or XHTML :D.
It's depends on the project and client needs, that's the real answer in real life.
0 Points
Feb 19, 2010 01:10 firstname.lastname@example.com|LINK
NOTE: This is "Misfit Data" - While I do work for Microsoft, this data is NOT "official Microsoft" data and is not endorsed or ratified by Microsoft in any way. I built and ran these tests because I was personally curious about comparative performance.
If these test results cause you dizziness, vomiting, or other undesired side effects, please discontinue use immediately and consult your physician.
Usually, when someone creates benchmarks, they are trying to prove that their thing is faster than someone else's thing.
I'm PAID by Microsoft to write BOTH PHP and ASP.NET Code. I was doing PHP before .NET shipped. I love them both.
This makes it hard for me to say anything good about either one. When I confer a preference for something in PHP, my Microsoft peers send me flame mail and when I confer a preference for something in ASP.NET, my PHP friends come out of the woodwork to call me a Microsoft shill.
I started building and running these tests because everyone had opinions about comparative PHP performance (Windows versus Linux & 5.2 versus 5.3), but no one had any solid data.
So, I decided to collect some empirical evidence of my own.
[ You can CLICK HERE to see the result spreadsheet. ]
Before you look at them, let m e provide some method details and context.
All tests were run on the SAME Machine.
A Toshiba Tecra M5 with 4 Gig of ram and a 60 Gig 7200 RPM Hard Drive.
Ubuntu 9 and Windows Server 2008 Standard were natively installed on 2 separate (but identical) hard drives.
The web servers were Apache2 on Linux and IIS 7 on Windows.
Both operating systems were fully patched / updated.
No Operating System or Development Runtime performance enhancements were added.
I wasn't investigating how much speed an expert could custom tailor the tests to on a specific platform.
Yes, I could implement PHP Byte Caching, or for ASP.NET I could use Page Caching, Partial Page Caching, SQL Cache Dependency, Multi Threading, etc.
Both Windows and Linux Implementations of PHP will benefit from PHP Byte Code caching.
My goal was to determine the relative speed of THE IMPLEMENTATION.
I found the results both interesting and unexpected.
I really though one would just be faster than the other, but I was wrong. Some things are faster on Windows, other are faster on Linux.
So what does all that mean ?
By and large I think the PHP team and the Microsoft IIS team have accomplished good raw performance equivalence across platforms. (Now we just need to get the Open Source Application teams (Drupal, WordPress, Joomle, etc.) to do performance optimization on both !)
By now you have cheated and looked at the spread sheet.
Yes, ASP.NET is universally faster than PHP (on Windows and on Linux) with the exceptions of File Copy and Attribute operations.
MySQL Access from PHP on Linux is a TINY bit faster than SQL Server access on Windows (assuming common data types and SELECT statements) but probably not enough to matter.
ASP.NET (C#) operations, object use, library calls, etc. are SIGNIFICANTLY faster that the PHP equivalents.
I know my PHP friends and the Linux dudes (and dude-etts) will probably come out of the wood work to refute my tests and results :)
I've always thought that if high end performance options were part of your needs requirements, then .NET programming has some advanced options "out of the box" like multi-threading, asynchronous requests, and a number of caching options.
NOTE – I'm not saying "ASP.NET is Faster so you shouldn't choose PHP !!!! I've always contended that the affable simplicity of PHP had some drawbacks for certain advanced applications. (Just as the early learning complexity of ASP.NET can have it's drawbacks. )
To me (your mileage may vary) the exciting thing about PHP is not the language / platform so much as it is what thousands of clever PHP Developers have done with it (Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, PHPBB, Nuke, etc.)
In any event, it's nice to now have some data that PHP performance on Windows and Linux are "in the same ballpark".
Now I can start writing those Windows specific PHP libraries I've been dreaming about for years !!
- I know some will be incensed by these tests. You are welcome to comment and disagree, but if you can't be polite I'll simply delete your comments and block your IP address.
- If you dislike the results and want to refute them – DO THE WORK. Accompany your dissent with DATA. Take my code or write your own and argue with FACTS.
21 Points
Mar 09, 2010 09:28 AM|hotcomputerworks|LINK
ASP.NET Rocks because of IDE - Visual Studio.I love developing Apps in it..
44574 Points
Mar 10, 2010 03:13 AM|TATWORTH|LINK
firstname.lastname@example.com any event, it's nice to now have some data that PHP performance on Windows and Linux are "in the same ballpark".
Thank you for an excellent piece of work!
Mar 11, 2010 11:38 PM|joslinar|LINK
Wich is better, a hammer or a Screwdriver? It depends on what you need.
ASP is a Framework, PHP is a language. They are 2 different things.
Better comparisons:
PHP vs VB
ASP vs Cake-PHP
I doubt there is an implementation of ASP.NET as big as Facebook which is built on PHP. Is it because of PHP's speed that Facebook chose to use PHP? ... Of course not. Is because of economics, a 10,000 server farm is much cheaper if you don't have to pay for the OS. I'm a PHP developer myself, I haven't work with ASP for years and even I know that ASP as a framework gives you more tools than PHP as a language. But if you are involved with a really big software engineering PHP project then you are probably using a well documented web framework for PHP. The Backend of Microsoft's biggest project which is Bing, runs on Hadoop which is written in Java! But if I have to develop a web-based intranet app for company, I would do it in ASP.NET. So there is no point here to keep the debate, It can go on forever.
2109 Points
May 08, 2010 11:40 AM|thuhue|LINK
Can anyone tell how many developers or invested dollars exist currently in eah camp?
May 30, 2010 05:45 AM|Gabriel82|LINK
I just saw the article and as long as i started my development with asp then to asp.net and the last two years i develop Java did many projects in php as well i put the scale as following:
If you want to make a project or a site with Object oriented programming:
Java or ASP.NET C#
If you want to make a site easily without thinking of patterns and Objects with MVC (Model View Controller) then i would say php
It's a way of what you want to do I love the ajax in asp.net and personally I find it fast and easy library on the other hand for a site i like the free cms's like wordpress and so on for php it's a matter of what you need the language doesn't make it faster or slower it's how you create your application that matters.


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saf fund for nationwide public relations
After PromoFlor's defeat, promotional efforts for the industry as a
whole were more scarce. "SAF was still promoting flowers with a limited
budget out of member dues," Ms. Sparks explains, "but with increasing
costs, our budget became more limited as time went on. Therefore, in
2000, some forward-thinking industry members put their heads together to
come up with the SAF PR Fund."
The SAF Fund for Nationwide Public Relations was officially established
in 2001 and is a voluntary effort to build positive floral messages in
the context of news. Ms. Sparks says approximately $400,000 has been
raised each of the past five years through the support of nearly 2,000
retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, importers and growers. On a voluntary
basis, retailers contribute 10 cents from each outgoing wire order,
collected through FTD and Teleflora; wholesalers contribute 5 cents per
case of hard goods, collected by participating suppliers; hard-goods
suppliers match the wholesaler collections; and importers and growers
make annual or monthly contributions.
"So far, the effort has funded four consumer research studies and six
public-relations programs," Ms. Sparks details. As of Feb. 23, 2007, the
fund had counted more than 744 million consumer impressions (seeing or
hearing the message), including 59 national magazine placements and TV,
radio, newspaper and online coverage in 160 local markets, which Ms.
Sparks says translates to an advertising value of more than $12 million.
Local marketing kits released annually to SAF members help florists
capitalize locally on the PR messages.
"Our key strategy is to use third-party experts as spokespeople to add
credibility to the floral message," Ms. Sparks relates. "Having
world-renowned university researchers talking about scientific proof of
the benefits of flowers has been a key motivator for securing nationwide
flower promotion organization
The Flower Promotion Org-anization (FPO) is an alliance launched in fall
2000 to take the proceeds from anti-dumping duties assessed on offshore
flower growers and use those to grow the U.S. market for cut flowers.
Illegal dumping, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, is when a
foreign producer sells a product in the United States at a price below
its sales price in the country of origin or at a price lower than the
cost of production. A settlement spanning August 1999 to January 2002
put the duties imposed as a penalty into the creation of the FPO. With
an agreement by U.S. growers to add their own dollars to this pool and
Colombian growers agreeing to continue contributing after the penalty
duties had expired, the program was extended 21 months. In January 2004,
the parties agreed to another extension, through December 2007.
The FPO's initial emphasis was campaigns comprising TV and radio ads in
Chicago, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa.; San Diego, Calif.; Detroit, Mich.; and
Houston, Texas (with a sixth city, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., added
later). A 2004 analysis by economist Mr. Ward noted, "The promotions
have impacted the demand for flowers through increasing buyer frequency
and, to some degree, attracting additional buyers." Investments up to
that point in the advertising were $6.84 million, according to the
study, with 2.02 million added transactions directly attributed to FPO
Lacking funds to duplicate these results nationwide, the FPO focused its
efforts in mid-2004 on public relations. "Although you don't get the
immediate high response from the consumer to public relations that you
do from radio and TV, it's more sustainable," Executive Director Stan
Pohmer relates.
The FPO has teamed with SAF in recent years, contributing $312,500 in
2006 to research the power of flowers. The SAF/FPO Alliance conducted
the "Home Ecology Study" and the "Flowers in the Workplace Study," both
led by Dr. Nancy Etcoff, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts
General Hospital. In 2007, the alliance (with an additional $263,000 in
funding, according to SAF's Ms. Sparks) will be sharing the results of
the workplace study with national media and will continue to tout the
results of its "Home Ecology Study."
On April 21, 2006, the FPO board was notified that the California Cut
Flower Commission (CCFC), the main vehicle through which U.S. growers
were directing funds to the FPO, would suspend its financial support
"due to CCFC's internal budget considerations and changes in its
strategic direction and focus," according to a news release from the FPO.
Colombian growers followed suit. Mr. Pohmer says the FPO is operating
from its reserves, which he says can support its efforts for a number of
current mandatory effort
For the past year, organizers have been gauging consensus for another
attempt at a nationwide floral marketing plan to increase demand for cut
flowers and foliages. Formed in March 2006, the Floral Marketing Funding
Initiative Coalition has settled on a basic outline, tapped a
development committee, drafted a suggested promotion order under the
USDA framework and is collecting feedback.
Under the coalition's draft of the order, domestic growers and importers
of cut flowers and foliages would be assessed 2 percent of gross sales.
Those with sales less than $100,000 would be exempt. An initial vote of
the assessable companies is proposed, where "yes" votes representing a
majority of the assessable companies' dollar volume would be required
for the promotion order to take effect. A Cut Flowers and Cut Greens
Promotion Council—six importers and six domestic producers nominated by
the industry and appointed by the agriculture secretary—would oversee
the promotional activities. Coalition president Charles F. Kremp 3rd,
aaf, owner of Kremp Florist in Willow Grove, Pa., emphasizes that the
details aren't set in stone.
Organizers estimate $20 million would be raised annually at the 2
percent assessment level, based on $1 billion in industry volume—$650
million in imports and $350 million in domestic production, according to
Mike Mellano Sr., part owner of California-based grower and wholesaler
Mellano & Company and a co-chairman of the coalition's development
Mr. Mellano and Gustavo Moreno, president of Miami, Fla., grower and
importer Vistaflor International and co-chairman of the development
committee, have been meeting with growers, importers and other
interested parties in open forums in California and on the East Coast.
"What we're hearing from the growers and the importers is that they're
very concerned that they will not be able to pass on the cost of this
program in their pricing," Mr. Mellano related in late February. Mr.
Kremp at the time said that growers and importers were asking for a
line-item charge that could be passed on to buyers, while buyers were
refusing such a line item, saying instead that growers and importers
should build the increase into the price of the product. Another issue
that organizers found in their meetings was a high level of support from
traditional retail florists, who don't have a means to participate
directly in the promotion order.
Expoflores, the Ecuadorian Flower Growers and Exporters Association,
expressed its displeasure with the proposed order in a statement on its
Web site, www.expoflores.com. "If this cut flower order is enforced, the
Ecuadorian growers will believe, rightly or wrongly, that they will
receive lower prices for their flowers," the organization wrote, going
on to say that should growers have to absorb the cost of the assessment,
some likely would be forced to close. "Moreover, as neither Ecuadorian,
Colombian nor other offshore growers have a vote regarding this cut
flower order, Expoflores believes that this order amounts to taxation
without representation," the association wrote.
Mr. Kremp, in a news release answering Expoflores' points, writes that
Expoflores was among those associations invited to join the steering
committee but declined. He says Expoflores' concerns, that the cost of
such an assessment would be passed on to consumers, mirror those he is
hearing from others. "Their perspective has been well represented by
Asocolflores [the Colombian Association of Flower Exporters], AFIF
[Association of Floral Importers of Florida] and FPO. Since the issues
are not solely felt by offshore growers, CCFC also has made many of the
points raised by Expoflores," Mr. Kremp writes. He also notes that the
assessment would be applied equally to all cut flowers and foliages sold
in the United States and only to those sold in the United States.
Both Mr. Kremp and Mr. Mellano said in late February that if the vote
had to be taken at that time, the promotion order as written wouldn't
pass. But both said the coalition wasn't giving up and still was
assessing options to address the industry's concerns. Mr. Kremp said at
that time, with more meetings scheduled throughout March, that he
anticipated knowing by mid-April whether an acceptable course could be
achieved. "By June, we're going to know if we were successful in
convincing the industry they should get behind this or if the industry
just says, 'We're not going to do it,'" he says. "There's no rush. If we
see that there's a dramatic change that would work, then we start over
Wilja Happé, owner of Brand Flowers Inc. in Carpinteria, Calif., and new
chairman of the CCFC, noted one of her goals "is to see if I can find
the support within the California industry" for the initiative. She says
grower sentiment expressed at the California town hall meetings has
shown "that we are all 100 percent in agreement that there has to be
more funds available for promotion of cut-flower consumption in the
nation ... but we are not all in agreement yet on who should foot the
Mr. Mellano stressed that consensus is key before moving to a vote. "If
it appears that there is no chance for it to pass, we do not want to go
to the USDA and ask for an election," he says. The USDA estimates that
the cost for a new marketing program, including both administrative fees
for the startup process and for conducting the actual election, can
range from $75,000 to $200,000. While those costs will be reimbursed
from the assessments if the election is successful, a bond is required
to cover such costs if the election should fail.
Mr. Kremp pointed to the declining number of U.S. floral buyers, pegged
at 28.3 percent of buying households in 2005 according to the
"IPSOS/American Floral Endowment Consumer Tracking Study." That was a
decline of 1.1 million households from 2003. "If any other industry
would see that 72 percent of the population do not buy their product,
they would be out there spending $100 million or so, and they'd see a
great result," Mr. Kremp says. "We just sit back and beat each other up,
and it's a shame."
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