Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Jan 2001 02:47:45 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.1pre8 slowdown on dbench tests |
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On Fri, Jan 19 2001, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Yes I agree, that values should probably be tweaked a bit. I'll > > try and squeeze some testing in to generate the best possible > > values. > > Please also add a sysctl. I always feel uncomfortable with such hardcoded > heuristics. There tends to be always another workload where the heuristic > fails and manual tuning is useful.
Sure, we can do that. But it should only really make a difference for low memory machines, otherwise the numbers wouldn't change so much. So the limits are not really that important, and only need to be in the ball park.
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