Re: Controlling Load Distributed Checkpoints

Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 10:33:50AM -0400, Greg Smith wrote:
> > they'd take care of that as part of routine server setup.  What wouldn't 
> > be reasonable is to expect them to tune obscure parts of the kernel just 
> > for your application.
> 
> Well, I suppose it'd depend on what kind of hosting environment
> you're in (if I'm paying for dedicated hosting, you better believe
> I'm going to insist they tune the kernel the way I want), but you're
> right that in shared hosting for $25/mo, it's not going to happen.

And consider other operating systems that don't have the same knobs.  We
should tune as best we can first without kernel knobs.

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