On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 07:05 -0800, Matthew Marlowe wrote: > - The 2.6.x based releases have a horrible impact on server performance. > Interrupts go up from 200/s to 3,000/s and context switches increase from > 2-4K/s to 30K+. After install, if you use a 2.4.x kernel and switch HZ to > ~30, things return to normal.
Is this a 2.6-based problem or do you think it is specific to our kernel configurations? Would you be willing to test out a new minimal LiveCD in this environment, let's say with preempt enabled and some other possible speed improvements. > - GSX and ESX support a greater range of hardware drivers, in particular, > the vmxnet nic driver which isn't detected in 2004.3. Show me where I can get it, and I'll include it. > - vmware tools isn't in portage yet, at least last I checked. This might not > be a big deal for those managing 1 vm, but can be quite painful if you > have dozens. Show me where I can get it, and I'll add it to portage. I couldn't find a download on their site. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager Games - Developer Gentoo Linux
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