updated performance now with brm and brp

erikfrey · Mar 23, 2009 · 8bd1abb · 8bd1abb
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@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ bashreduce lets you apply your favorite unix tools in a mapreduce fashion across
 
 h2. Configuration
 
-If you wish, you may edit @/etc/br.hosts@ and enter the machines you wish to use as workers.  You can also specify this at runtime:
+Edit @/etc/br.hosts@ and enter the machines you wish to use as workers.  Or specify your machines at runtime:
 
 <pre>br -m "host1 host2 host3"</pre>
 
-To take advantage of multiple cores, repeat the host name as many times as you wish.
+To take advantage of multiple cores, repeat the host name.
 
 h2. Examples
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ I have four compute machines and I'm usually relegated to using one core on one
 |_. command |_. using |_. time |_. rate |
 | sort -k1,1 4gb_file > 4gb_file_sorted | coreutils | 82m54.746s | 843 kBps |
 | br -i 4gb_file -o 4gb_file_sorted | coreutils | 9m17.431s | 7.35 MBps |
-| br -i 4gb_file -o 4gb_file_sorted | coreutils, brp | 6m5.968s | 11.19 MBps |
+| br -i 4gb_file -o 4gb_file_sorted | brp/brm | 4m13.816s | 16.1376745 MBps |
 
 When I have more time I'll compare this apples to apples.  There's also still a ton of room for improvement.