Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:04:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:04:39 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:65286 "EHLO deathstar.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:04:23 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:04:50 -0400 Message-Id: <200110161404.f9GE4oZ01317@deathstar.prodigy.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VM X-Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel In-Reply-To: Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Reply-To: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article kernel@Expansa.sns.it wrote: >I used bot VM in many situations and with many different HWs. >I came to the conclusion that actually none of the two VMs is suitable >for every use. >aa VM deals better because of its design on my web servers, with a non >eccessive amount of memory, and with mysql and oracle databases. >I do not care which VM is simpler, nor which is faster. I loock for >predictability, since this is the most important thing on the servers I am >administering. Under a special situation I need something maybe less >predictable, but smarter to manage a stressed system. > >80%... 5%... I do not care for exact numbers actually, I will care in >future, if the situation comes to the point that both VMs will be quite >good for everything. anyway it is a good strategy to follow two different >way, since they are progressing quite welll together, with competition, >and also (I hope) reciprocal help (just to be able to read the code of the >other is a good help:) ). Very well said. And I might add that some input from people with small desktop machines might be useful to the developers, since I doubt they are running small slow machines. While I wouldn't compromise big memory performance (much) for small, one beauty of Linux is that it will run well on small machines. Of course it may be that some other VM will prove to be bnetter than either, but hopefully not until 2.5. I'd still like to see VM in a module and then everyone could play with their pet theory;-) -- bill davidsen "If I were a diplomat, in the best case I'd go hungry. In the worst case, people would die." -- Robert Lipe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/