From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Christian Schmid <webmaster@rapidforum.com>
Subject: Re: vm-issues in 2.6.12-rc5
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 10:43:00 +1000
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 01:01 am, Christian Schmid wrote:
> Even in 2.6.12rc5 the vm-problem is still there. On a gigabit-webserver,
> when it reaches around 4000 downloaders, it slows-down immediately. Its no
> fs-issue or disk-issue because the lock-ups also happen when I try to open
> a file on /proc. Normally it needs no time to open it but when it reaches
> 4000 sockets, it needs from 5-30 seconds to just open a "file". Its a dual
> Xeon with 8 GB Ram. Any idea?

Have you tried getting a profile output to see what it is doing during these 
slowdowns?

Cheers,
Con
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