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The New Linux Speed Trick

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the benchmarking-the-beast dept.

Brainsur quotes a story saying " Linux kernel 2.6 introduces improved IO scheduling that can increase speed -- "sometimes by 1,000 percent or more, [more] often by 2x" -- for standard desktop workloads, and by as much as 15 percent on many database workloads, according to Andrew Morton of Open Source Development Labs. This increased speed is accomplished by minimizing the disk head movement during concurrent reads. "

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  1. lol fp suckers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    haha lol

  2. Wow by igloo-x · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've only just noticed, too.

  3. Goddamnit by JosKarith · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First in here and I can't think of anything pithy to say...Damn!

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  4. And tomorrow.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And tomorrow you'll learn that too many 0's on one side of the disk makes it too heavy, thus warping the disk. We'll also show you how to prevent that.

  5. Anti-MS Patent by mydigitalself · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ok, i know this is evil and all - but lets say MS decide to implement this as a concept (so without "stealing" code)... the linux community will have given them something and received (probably) nothing in return.

    should open source initiatives be able to patent their ideas in a similar model to the way the GPL applies to their source code such that if someone implemented the IDEA, they would also have to release their version of the implementation source code.

    just a thought...

  6. No...more...pr0n... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In other news, the porn industry announced "increased speed is accomplished by minimizing the dick head movement during concurrent heads."

  7. If we (the US) are killing children for oil... by Seng · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why in hell is the price of gas approaching an all-time high here in the States? Sorry to say, there's been no overwhelming increase in Middle-East to US oil exports in the past year. If you want to say Stupid American, why not get the facts straight, and include "Stupid [insert your nationality here]"?

  8. Re:1,000 percent? by babbage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    <nigel-tufnel> As long as we can all agree that Linux now goes to eleven, because that's, you know, one more. </nigel-tufnel>

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