>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Kempe <d...@sol1.com.au> writes:
>> 250, on my Debian/sid system running 2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64. FWIW. >> >> Daniel Dave> A little off topic, but, I noticed that the CONFIG_HZ variable Dave> on openvz systems is often 250. I found 1000 to be a better Dave> setting for responsiveness on a heavily loaded openvz box. It Dave> felt like being able to schedule more small things more often Dave> made sense when you have many containers. Or is that totally not Dave> how it works? Higher HZ will generally give better responsiveness, lower HZ better throughput. Like all rules of thumb this one doesn't always work, it depends on the workloads. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
