2.6 final available, any takers?

Thu Dec 18 13:53:02 UTC 2003

On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 13:53, David C. Hart wrote:

> What are the benefits of running 2.6? I find 2.4.23 runs faster than the
> NPTL 2.4.22. Our server has an initio card to a SCSI CD. That was always
> a problem with 2.6 thus far.

For me, 2.6.0 is better than 2.4 at handling interactive work (i.e.
preemptible kernel). 2.6.0 has better disk I/O scheduling (in fact, two
disk schedulers - as and deadline - by default and another one - CFQ -
which can be added by applying a patch) which translates in faster
accesses and more throughput. Additionally, enhancements to the VM
subsystem allows me to run continuously without even touching the swap
on a 256MB machine, whereas 2.4 swaps in the same conditions.

And last, but not least, I want to live on the bleeding edge :-)