7.1 vs 6.7.1 performance on Solaris 10

System

Hi DevNetters -
We've just completed a 7.1 TeamSite / Search / OpenDeploy install on a virtualized Solaris LDOM instance. The install was OK and everything seems functional.

As I expected, this 7.1 LDOM instance is a good bit slower than my 6.7.1 instance that I have on a powerful Solaris quad processor server. Because of the difference in virtualized and not virtualized environments, it's not really a fair apples-to-apples performance comparison.

So, in lieu of doing a full install on new 'real' hardware to make sure it's performant, I'm posting the question here:

In your experience, given equivalent hardware environments, does 7.1 perform worse / the same / or better than 6.7.1? I'm hoping for 'better' or 'the same', but your input is very helpful.

Thanks!
Wally Box
Nike, Inc.