-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 17.08.2012 08:56, Grant wrote: >> I recently moved my server from: >> >> 3.2.11-hardened Security Level (Hardened Gentoo [server]) >> >> to: >> >> 3.4.5-hardened Configuration Method (Automatic) Usage Type >> (Server) Virtualization Type (None) Required Priorities >> (Security) >> >> and http became extremely slow. Some pages that would normally >> execute in 1 second would take 10 seconds or more. There is a >> lot of php and perl server-side stuff so the slowdown may have >> been rooted in that. I changed to Required Priorities >> (Performance) and everything sped back up to normal. My laptop >> was moved to the following at the same time and I didn't notice >> any performance change: >> >> 3.4.5-hardened Configuration Method (Automatic) Usage Type >> (Desktop) Virtualization Type (None) Required Priorities >> (Security) >> >> Is this sort of behavior expected from a server? >> >> - Grant > > This may have been a false alarm. I think I've been having > intermittent network problems to part of the internet. Can anyone > confirm that the above config shouldn't slow down an http server? > > - Grant >
It's hard to make any generalisations but I have some servers with similar grsec-autoconfig (server instead of desktop) and no noticable slowdown (I'd say nothing more that 10%). I'd recommend to use 3.5.1-r2 (testing) or 3.2.27 (stable), though. WKR Hinnerk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQLf1fAAoJEJwwOFaNFkYcZ98IAJ1RUmreIf0HW7AqyNl9LjUA 5sHkDKnepkmdwdUBA61VBJXjicfreBi+I3g9GmIrm6SY2pYseNogi92YYqRHNi9c cxHHr7z2M/fLjApFE9JqAZpKcSBzr4fwUECS7qzFz16XXrNxOFnmdbBY9ewxdHxB QeQnWBNaem/1qrzdifOE9nCZgkhDaZ2X+1EgYcGA3yPh6fNwNDL/mfkVCyU2jhra zZbB5v9QzSrWe4Her8KPPTnaUrtQsukLZGI3g4IulrBLxkuqsh8StCA0A4cyokJ4 Vl+AjykYEvtxzWE1mVy4bCNSWlLCmmLOVlZ3hEWRQ701CL2lXgYTS/PWHJ9mjwI= =YPvF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
