Kernel Comparison: Web Serving On 2.4 And 2.6

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 10, 2004 @01:51PM from the onward-and-upward dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Many improvements have been made in the Linux 2.6 kernel to favor enterprise applications. This article presents results from the IBM Linux Technology Center's Web serving testing efforts, comparing the Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels from various aspects. The highlights here are the key enhancements in the 2.6 kernel, the test methodologies, and the results of the tests themselves. Bottom line: the 2.6 kernel is much faster than 2.4 for serving Web pages, with no loss in reliability."

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Re:Stop pushing. Its all linux by Vilim · 2004-02-10 14:28 · Score: 4, Insightful

At this point 2.6 is _far_ better than 2.4 at the same point in the development cycle. Linus actually ripped out Rik van Riel's VM code and replaced it with new VM code. At this point 2.6 is FAR more stable than 2.4 at a similar stage, there really is no reason for the average user not to upgrade

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