On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 21:31, Joeb wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:51:28 -0400 > Robert Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > I'd really > > be interested in learning about RedHat's thinking on this subject- can you > > point us to where you learned about this? I'm all for doing anything to > > increase performance. > > > That's my problem, I can't remember where I found it on the web! I know it was back > during the 8.0 days of Mandrake. I recall a post, that I thought was on one of the > Mandrake lists, but I sure can't find it. The post pointed to an article about > increasing the HZ size and how it improved response times for desktop users. It > also stated that Redhat was doing this with their kernels, which is why their i386 > seemed so snappy compared to Mandrake and Suse. The downside was something about > timings being off for some tools because the items in /proc weren't aware that the > HZ had been changed. It was my understanding with Redhat 9, they continued this > practice of changing the HZ but also modified the tools that calculate the various > things in /proc. > > I'm sorry I don't have more information, but I have long since given up finding the > original article. It seems Google wants to return 50,000+ hits everytime I try and > after a few hundred, I give up. > > If I ever find my hard copy, I'll type it back in to the list. > > Joeb > > p.s. It's also my understanding that the 2.5/2.6 kernel has increased this setting. >
Joeb, If you ever find the hard copy... could you copy it into the community TWiki and post a link to the list? James > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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