Messages in this thread | | | From | Greg Lindahl <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.5 optimizations for web benchmarks? | Date | Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:08:36 -0400 (EDT) |
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> > So are you saying that a "thread" context switch is less painful than > > a "process"? > > If you are sharing the virtual memory space it means you don't take > a TLB flush
If I recall correctly, the Sybase folks described this as a major win across many OSes. On the other hand, Apache in particular may not access enough memory to make a huge difference. In Sybase, the buffer cache is in shared memory in each process...
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