On 11/9/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Durbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We are preparing to write some components with much more stringent > > latency/throughput requirements than what we've done so far and are > > seriously considering writing these in Linux. > > Are you concerned about TCP latency or kernel latency? > > In the kernel space, there are linux kernels optimized fo > reduce (or at least make predictable) the inherent kernel > latency. Many of these are targeted at telecommunications > applications where latency is mandated. > >
Likewise, a lot of optimization work has been done to improve Linux TCP / networking performance (specifically latency) by people doing Beowulf cluster stuff. My understanding is that one of the main reasons Linux took off in the HPC world is exactly because it's open-source nature allowed the researchers to optimize the kernel and TCP stack to get the performance they needed. So a google search along these lines: <http://www.google.com/search?q=beowulf%20linux%20tcp%20latency> might turn up something useful. HTH... TTYL, Phil -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
