Donald Maner wrote: > I compiled my own kernels for c4 and c5 that dropped the HZ down to 100. For > me, it's a big improvement, especially when it comes to keeping the clock > correct in the vm. And yes, performance is slightly better, because the vms > aren't killing the hardware with unnecessary cpu usage trying to process all > those ticks. > > Thanks for the kernels. Hopefully they will be eventually added to the > centosplus repos. > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Van Dolson [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 1:35 PM > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4 vs 5 for VMware? > >> Also, there is a special kernel that helps out on running VMWare that >> changes the default speed of the system timer, reducing the LA on the >> host system especially if your guests are mostly idle. The kernel is >> available for both 4 and 5. Please look at >> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2189 for more info. > > Very interesting. Wasn't aware of that. Thanks for posting. Have you > noticed tangible differences when running stock vs the kernels > mentioned there?
The kernels are available in testing form here: http://people.centos.org/~hughesjr/vmware-kernels/
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