Re: XFS and preemptive kernel patch

[Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 09:54:04AM +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 at 15:12, Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote:
>
> > Is anybody using XFS with preemptive kernel patch?  Since I don't have
> > any "non-production" machines to do a test, any feedback would be very
> > useful.
> 
> So yes, it's great. But only if you'll be using the machine's console. For
> most other server functions the overall kernel throughput will suffer a
> bit and really won't be worth it.

How about using preemptive patch on a firewall, running tranparent proxy
(squid/iptables) and also a little bit of qos/fair queuing stuff (includes XFS
on software raid 1)?

Will try it today and send some feedback.

Regards,

Anuradha

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