In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> Ok, I understand that the kernal manages both the process
> distribution. But let's say I am running 10 game servers (for
> instance) which do not support smp. Does Linux-smp distribute the
> load over both processors? Or does it assign 1 proc here 1 proc
> there, etc? Is there a way for me to help Linux :0] ?
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One thing you might want to do in the 10 game servers scenario is
control how much CPU time each server is allowed to use. You can do
this with my hierarchical fair scheduler (link below). For example,
you can say things like "this group of processes is twice as important
as that group" and it'll be guaranteed twice as much CPU time. Within
each group processes are scheduled by the standard scheduler.
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This is not exactly what you asked for but it's similar in that it
allows you more control over the scheduling.
Regards,
Borislav
http://people.cornell.edu/pages/bdd2/hsfq/
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