RE: Kernel Tuning

Sean Estabrooks on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:47 PM said: >> Yeah I'm the kind of person that thinks a correct answer is more >> helpful than an incorrect answer. But that's just me. > > Then i'm not sure what we're disagreeing on in the first place. I think som

Re: Kernel Tuning

I hope I'm not inconvenient, but I have an outside view: If you check the archives, you'll notice that Sean Estabrooks is kind of special in this list, in the sense that he holds so much specific information he's willing to share. Now put yourself in his shoes, and imagine having to explain e

Re: Kernel Tuning

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:39:52 -0700 "Chris W. Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris > But how do you decide what's best for the poster? How do you know that a > simple answer is more helpful to them than a more lengthy one? Unless > they tell you outright it'd be really difficult to determine.

RE: Kernel Tuning

Sean Estabrooks on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:27 PM said: >> Because it's more informative and helpful. > > Sure in certain cases. But often it's more helpful just to give > the command. But how do you decide what's best for the poster? How do you know that a

Re: Kernel Tuning

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:14:00 -0700 "Chris W. Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Chris, > Sean Estabrooks > on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:56 PM said: > > > If there is an online reference to more information that's a > > great thing to include in an answer, b

RE: Kernel Tuning

Sean Estabrooks on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:56 PM said: > If there is an online reference to more information that's a > great thing to include in an answer, but why make a paragraph > out of an answer that can be stated with a quick example? Because it's more

Re: Kernel Tuning

On 16 Sep 2003 15:57:11 -0400 Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Jason, Since this thread was already appropriately labeled off-topic thought i'd pipe in. ;o) > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 15:30, Kelerion wrote: > > nice answer.. now thats what I like to see in mailing lists.. > > Thanks. >

Re: Kernel Tuning

On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 15:30, Kelerion wrote: > nice answer.. now thats what I like to see in mailing lists.. Thanks. > informative.. helpful.. but leads the OP to figure things out > him/herself.. there should be more of this on mailing lists... Unfortunately, there are too many a) folks lookin

RE: Kernel Tuning

good fish story ;-). Thanx again, Cheers, Jason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Dixon Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:15 PM To: Red Hat Mailing List Subject: Re: Kernel Tuning On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 14:50, Jason Murray wrote: >

Re: Kernel Tuning

nice answer.. now thats what I like to see in mailing lists.. informative.. helpful.. but leads the OP to figure things out him/herself.. there should be more of this on mailing lists... 2p worth Kel Jason Dixon wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 14:50, Jason Murray wrote: I apologize - I think

Re: Kernel Tuning

On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 14:50, Jason Murray wrote: > I apologize - I think that this might be a little off topic, but I know that > a lot of you folks are Linux experts, and I was not sure where else to > turn... > > I am trying to learn more about kernel tuning. Right now, my specific > question i

Re: Kernel Tuning in Red Hat 2.1 Enterprise Edition.

On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 09:04, dlangschied wrote: > Do I have to reboot after making these changes? > no there is a fair amount of discussion in the archives here is a link to one thread. I used file-max as a search argument and this is one of the items returned. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=

Re: Kernel Tuning in Red Hat 2.1 Enterprise Edition.

ROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 11:58 PM Subject: Re: Kernel Tuning in Red Hat 2.1 Enterprise Edition. > On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 20:37, dlangschied wrote: > > Where is the ability in 2.1 to set kernel parameters. In version 8, there > > is something

Re: Kernel Tuning in Red Hat 2.1 Enterprise Edition.

On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 20:37, dlangschied wrote: > Where is the ability in 2.1 to set kernel parameters. In version 8, there > is something under Extras>System Tools. I do not see this in 2.1. > > The reaason I am trying to look for this is that I got an error message > saying that I could not op

Re: Kernel tuning for high latency satellite link??

On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Stephen Corey wrote: > Do I need to tune the RH 7.3 kernel for high latency connections? I’m > installing a linux box on a satellite link (~800 ms roundtrip latency). > Will the kernel *automatically* change anything based on latency, to > hurt my throughput performance?? No. L

RE: Kernel Tuning: echo vs. recompiling

People rarely "tune" the kernel by recompiling it. When I say "tune", I mean adjust the values of certain structures. Interacting with procfs, "/proc" is generally a better method. You could of course tune the kernel's source code and then recompile it if you wanted to, but this general