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Improving Linux Kernel Performance

Posted by michael on from the higher-faster-stronger dept.

developerWorks writes "The first step in improving Linux performance is quantifying it, but how exactly do you quantify performance for Linux or for comparable systems? In this article, members of the IBM Linux Technology Center share their expertise as they describe how they ran several benchmark tests on the Linux 2.4 and 2.5 kernels late last year. The benchmarks provide coverage for a diverse set of workloads, including Web serving, database, and file serving. In addition, we show the various components of the kernel (disk I/O subsystem, for example) that are stressed by each benchmark."

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  1. But how many 3dmarks can I get?? by Rooked_One · · Score: 2, Funny

    oh wait, thats not ported to nix yet....

  2. A useful linux speedup guide by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    is here

    Some howto's include recompilering the kernal, enabling UDMA, turning off logging and enabling MMX enhancements.

  3. Benchmark junkies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Benchmark junkies are abound, around and have wet dreams over these articles.

    I am one of them.

    Please, mooore!!!

  4. Re:Can Linux become Mozilla? by jas79 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If we were using the HURD, the kernel would be 900 megs by now... (and Emacs would be a kernel module)

    Since when is having a choice from 900 megs of kernelmodules bad?

  5. The fastest kernel confiuration is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    rm -Rf /