quick boot
Dan Horák
dan at danny.cz
Tue Dec 9 09:01:10 UTC 2008
Curtis Doty píše v Ne 07. 12. 2008 v 12:15 -0800:
> Is fast bootup a priority for other Fedora server admins?
>
Sure they are interested, but the primary goal to start only really
required services, I think. Lowering the startup times overall is good
for everyone.
> 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?
In my opinion they can.
Dan
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