From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 21:41:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8645516A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:41:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from hydrogen.imeme.net (hydrogen.customer.frii.com [216.17.138.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A41EE43D5C for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:41:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lozinski@freerecruiting.com) Received: from (Bryce) [66.1.138.84] by hydrogen.imeme.net with asmtp (Exim 4.24 #4 (Debian)) id 1AhjDW-000L0P-1B; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 22:41:54 -0700 From: Christopher Lozinski To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Organization: BPG Message-Id: <1074318064.1001.2554.camel@Bryce> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:41:05 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Fair Share Scheduling Needed. I want 1/3 of a server X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: lozinski@freerecruiting.com List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:41:19 -0000 My ISP runs 40-50 jails per computer, and I fear in the near future that I may need more of the computer than 1/50th. They then charge $400 for an entire dedicated server. I would like something in between. Of course the issue is the scheduler. My understanding is that the freebsd scheduler is designed to run all the processes fairly, but if one user generates a large number of processes, they get more than their fair share of the cpu. I think it would be very interesting if one could buy a fraction of the CPU. My processes then get, say 1/4 of the CPU time minimum, perhaps more if no one else is using them. Of course this requires a different scheduler. Perhaps it exists out there. Some of the ISP's, like Verio, and others claim to offer fair share freebsd servers. Does anyone know how they do it. Do they really do it as they claim to do? Your help would be much appreciated. Regards Christopher Lozinski lozinski@freerecruiting.com 510 795 6086