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From: Tom Gidden <gid@lonres.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:04:23 +0100
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux
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Hi Guy,

On 10 Jun 2005, at 21:37, Guy Helmer wrote:
>
> Have you tried a kernel with PREEMPTION enabled?  I haven't  
> quantified the effect, but it's improved performance in some  
> situations.
> Have you tried increasing vfs.read_max?

Thanks for your suggestions... I've given them a go, and it looks  
like there's no discernible difference in performance for either/ 
both, on KSE, libthr or LinuxThreads.  =(

Regards,
Tom