At 07:36 AM 8/31/2010, Alon Gubkin wrote:
Okay guys, you convinced me - I will use the 2.6.35.4 kernel without any
patches.
Note that I changed *time frequency* to 1000 HZ and disabled *Tickless
System (Dynamic Ticks)*. In the orginal
article<http://wiki.fragaholics.de/index.php/EN:Linux_Kernel_Optimization>
it
was 100HZ time frequency and tickless system enabled.
1. Do I really need to mess with the kernel default configuration for
stable 1000fps kernel?
2. Should I use 100HZ and no tickless system instead of 1000HZ and
tickless system enabled?
3. What would you suggest to do more? (For example to "enable x",
"disable y", or "dont do z")
Why do you need stable FPS? There is no evidence at all that stable
FPS does anything at all. 100HZ may be better for large servers
because HZ on newer kernels is tied to msleep() and using 100HZ may
increase throughput slightly as msleep() doesn't use hrtimers,
msleep() is used by a large amount of drivers and other things inside
the kernel.
The wiki you posted was written by a guy who has no idea how the
engine works. He posts speculation without any technical proof
(external monitoring) and assumes his results are better because FPS
is tied into everything like ping calculation. It's no different than
altering sv_fps on Quake/CoD games and watching your ping drop
because of rounding errors or fixed math that isn't a multiple or
divisible by the default number. I would be very careful on believing
everything you read about gameserver stuff, only a handful of people
have a clue about it's internals and most others that say otherwise
just repeat nonsense that others have said over the years.
G. "Monk" Stanley
<gary at summit-servers dot com | gary at DragonflyBSD dot org>
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~gary
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