very interesting. Are there any downsides to running one of these on say a
500mhz AMD athlon with 256MB of ram? In other words, do these
"enterprise" optimizaions hurt you if you aren't running some serious
iron? Would I be better off just getting the patches i am most interested
in (like 64-bit file support)?
thanks
charles
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I'm not 100% positive this will work, but try the "enterprise"
> > > version ofthe kernel:
> >
> > is there something unique about the enterprise kernel, or does it
> > come pre-configured with special settings that you could select
> > from a standard kernel, if you knew which settings to pick?
> > i.e., what exactly is it about the "enterprise" kernel that lets
> > it see 4G RAM?
>
> The enterprise kernel is RH 7.0 has the same modifications as the
> kernels shipped in the Red Hat 6.2 Enterprise Edition. These are:
>
> 64-bit file support for reading and writing to files larger than 2GB
> Raw I/O support for increased database speed
> Support for 4GB of physical RAM
> Kernel parameters have been tuned for large server configurations
>
> This is mostly through patches to the standard linux kernel.
>
> --[Lance]
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