Improving Linux Kernel Performance

Posted by michael on Friday January 17, 2003 @09:39PM 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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Just wait by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 22:05 · Score: -1, Redundant

Just wait 18 months. Kernel performance will double.
Huh? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 22:15 · Score: -1, Redundant

Those didn't look like benchmark results to me. Looked like some sort of foggy discussion on benchmark theory.