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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. "

2 of 426 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Linux Speed (Or Lack Thereof) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    A 1000 % increase isn't a multiplication by 1000, you lousy troll...

  2. Re:Why not combine those two methods? by Andy_R · · Score: 0, Troll

    privilegiate

    Is that you, G.W.B?

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