Re: sysctl optimisations (was: Filesystem gets a huge performance boost)

[Brian Somers]

>       OK... this brings up the question of what other cool optimizations are
> there that may have been disabled in the past for reasons that are no
> longer pertinent? It might be worthwhile to create an /etc/sysctl.conf file
> with commented out examples of configurations for various systems. For
> example,
> 
> # For more modern systems that have a reasonable amount of RAM
> #vfs.vmiodirenable=1
> 
> # Low memory systems
> 
> # Systems that need lots of randomness
> 
> # Low resource systems that need less randomness
> 
> # Super high performance TCP options for various situations
> 
> .... etc. I'm sure y'all can come up with more.
> 
> 
> It might also be desirable to put these in etc/defautls/rc.conf, but I
> think something of this nature might be better suited in a freer format.

I would have thought a bunch of comments in /etc/sysctl.conf would 
be sufficient.

> Doug
> -- 
>     Perhaps the greatest damage the American system of education has done
>     to its children is to teach them that their opinions are relevant
>     simply because they are their opinions.
> 
>       Do YOU Yahoo!?

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