> Ah! No Linux experience explains where your perspective is > coming from. Unlike proprietary systems like Windows and > Solaris, there is basically nothing you can't change on a > Linux system. You can literally, rewrite whole sections of > the kernel to tune your system if you like.
No, YOU can rewrite whole sections of the kernel. I know my limitations. > In fact, the case study that Allaire did on my Linux CF 4.5.1 > installation at TeamToolz showed some pretty high numbers for > the time. These numbers were obtained by tuning the hell out > of the machines including changing the source code to parts > of the kernel. > > I did talk with Jessie Knoller about writing a Linux performance > tuning white paper. I even sent him a draft of it. However, I > never saw anything come of it. I white paper is really needed > for Linux and I would be happy to work with anyone who would > like to have one written. Providing the data as a list here > most likely won't work as there is an enormous amount of > variables for tuning Linux. For example, I could give a list > of file system variables that are tunable, but that list would > depend on which file system you use. Well, that certainly sounds sensible. I can see why it hasn't been pursued, though, since it sounds like a lot of work. However, it raises some additional questions. Would much of that tuning be CF-specific? That is, let's say I've got a CGI application - better yet, two applications. Let's say I write two copies of the same application, with the same functionality, in two languages: CF and Perl. How many of the above (OS, network stack, web server) variables would have significant differences between a CF 5 installation and Apache/mod_perl? This is a serious question - most OS tuning on other platforms doesn't really get more specific than "I'm going to use this machine to run CGI database applications, so I set this and that and the other thing." Second, other than experience, how would you figure out which variables interact with other variables? I mean, you might know everything there is to know about the OS, but you probably don't know everything there is to know about the internals of CF, since it's a closed system, essentially. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
