Interesting analysis of linux kernel threading by IBM

[Keith Bottner]

I have been trying to follow this thread but I seem to have missed the URL
or reference to the IBM analysis that is under discussion. Could someone who
has participated in this message change please repost the URL or the
reference?

Thanks,

Keith Bottner
kbottner en istation.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-linux-kernel en vger.rutgers.edu
[mailto:owner-linux-kernel en vger.rutgers.edu]On Behalf Of Davide Libenzi
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 7:41 AM
To: Peter Rival
Cc: linux-kernel en vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: Interesting analysis of linux kernel threading by IBM


Thursday, January 20, 2000 3:14 PM
Peter Rival <frival en zk3.dec.com> wrote :
> No offense, but it is this type of thinking that will keep Linux out of
the
> datacenter.  What you must say it is not a typical (or realistic) workload
_for
> me_.  Hundreds of tasks is trivial here - we have systems running with
well over
> 100 users actively working that are two or more generations old (that's a
much
> bigger thing for Alpha than for Intel).  On our newer systems we fully
expect
> hundreds, if not thousands, of tasks.  The more commercially accepted
Linux
> becomes, the more common large configurations are going to be, and we
should be
> thinking about that now - not when we're being shot all over creation for
not
> doing what everyone said we could (ala WinNT).
>

I can only agree here given that there are practically no costs to sustain
under normal situations.
And improvements are concrete under high load.

Cheers,
    Davide.

--
Debian, the freedom in freedom.



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