Re: Using O(1) scheduler with 600 processes.

[Martin J. Bligh]

> I've heard some say that O(1) sched can only really help on systems with
> lots and lots of processes.
> 
> But my systems run about 600 processes max, but are P4 Xeons with HT,
> and we kick off several hundred processes sometimes. (sleeping to
> running then back) based on things happening in the system. 
> 
> I am possibly going to forgo putting O(1)sched in production *right now*
> until I've got my patch solid. But I got to thinking, do I need it at
> all on a Oracle VLDB?
> 
> I think yes, but I wanted to get some opinions/facts before making that
> choice to go without O(1) sched.

How many *processors*? Real ones.

M.