> There are three I/O schedulers in the 2.6.24 distribution. The > deadline, anticipatory, and completely fair. You will see these as > options when you run make gconfig (or whichever config you run). > Completely Fair (CFQ) is now the default. This was mildly controversial > when they made the switch. It is a bit complex. The deadline scheduler > is simple and compact, and is alleged to be good for heavy database > workloads. > > This may be a bit like making a mountain out of a molehill. I just > mentioned this because while you are configuring you custom kernel, you > will want to give a little thought to such matters. > > see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ to start with. > > -- > Mark Allums >
thanks Mark Allums, Honestly, i spent less time looking on the kernel side. i will look at the documentation for the I/O scheduler options. great information you have ;)
