quick boot
Is fast bootup a priority for other Fedora server admins?
I know this may be an exercise in futility on popular server-class
hardware where the BIOS takes an inordinate time finding its boots. :-(
But when we run server clusters on cheap/desktop-grade hardware, the added
few seconds is quite significant for HA scenarios.
I've submitted a few bugs/patches that shave off a few more seconds on a
minimalist f10 setup.
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/327661 - net optional BLINDSTART skips arping
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/327651 - postfix smart newaliases
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/475101 - ipmi high-res sleep for udev
Time to prompt is reduced from 19s to 12s here. And no more large
steps/delays appear in bootchart. Should these block FedoraServerTracker?
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