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

[GrandMasterLee]

On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 18:24, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> > 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.
> 

Quad P4 Xeon. Dell 6650