[H-GEN] Linux Distribution for A Dell Poweredge 840?

[Ted Percival]

Nick Kwiatkowski wrote:
> 2) The default system clock of the Linux 2.6 kernel is 1000/second, which
> unnecessarily stresses the virtual hardware: recompile the kernel to a
> lower setting, ie 100/second as per 2.4 kernels.

You might not need to -- Debian kernels have been using 250 Hz for some
time now[1].

Linux 2.6.21 makes some progress on removing the periodic tick,
particularly during idle time[2].

[1] $ grep CONFIG_HZ /boot/config-*
[2] http://lwn.net/Articles/223185/

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