From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 19 16:47:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E6B1065670 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:47:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2558FC14 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:47:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24FDCE6217; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:47:42 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=2WxkJRkHHuth CZH4M/0L0fesbA4=; b=jGxUc4xw9U51x82Y7XE+h2MY0idOjDY43WRESQ1Y7N1d UwY8wjGtEYteydrkg3MQaYbIsoNTAJ6qYUmz/2vZRfqa0IjtqQZmKGNk9y7Vf0eA vXWErF6qGcGsiSyCpsjSeBakN3ZNKk4+wuSdYMEUdSEqo290os7ykpVohfDETU0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=T3d8tH FMlZ//fm/HvKnGzeqZWq4dX33ZO6zhPiajACTkeZU32af95qkyYcB2FweUCXEGSJ ap829znpvcBkaTzJgd11Nd6aNAiEE9QUgCsOAA4Ao0DtgWQrfx01IlZMZmGZzSni O0wdYJTGkzkWNEFGF3fRFNV2W8WDXXYldUsPI= Received: from [192.168.1.68] (188-220-36-32.zone11.bethere.co.uk [188.220.36.32]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EA04EE6214; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:47:41 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4EEF6AAB.6040803@cran.org.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:47:39 +0000 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Yerenkow References: <4EE1EAFE.3070408@m5p.com> <4EE2AE64.9060802@m5p.com> <4EE88343.2050302@m5p.com> <4EE933C6.4020209@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20111215024249.GA13557@icarus.home.lan> <4EE9A2A0.80607@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <6140271.20111219122721@serebryakov.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Edho Arief Subject: Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:47:44 -0000 [removed freebsd-current and freebsd-stable] On 19/12/2011 13:16, Alexander Yerenkow wrote: > For example, few checkboxes with common sysctl tuning would be perfect, > even if they would be marked as "Experimental", or not recommended. > I'm thinking it's better way to make something in one place (like in > installer) rather than require make almost same actions in many (hundreds > of thousands?... more?...) places (end-users forced to read > mail-lists/handbooks/forums over and over for same solutions). > Simple example - many connections for PostgreSQL is not available on > FreeBSD out-of-box. Just google "postgresql freebsd max connection" and > you'll see how many there bikesheds requested and same solutions posted > again and again :) This is what openSUSE does - it's possible to zoom through the installer choosing the defaults, but on the final page before installation you can tweak everything from the location of the bootloader to sysctl values. I know this has been tried before, but I wonder if we need a project to build a new installer that can do this, perhaps funded through the FreeBSD Foundation? -- Bruce Cran