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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server performance
From: Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@gmail.com>
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If you use the cfq scheduler (linux default) you might try turning off
low latency mode (introduced in 2.6.32):
Echo 0 > /sys/class/block/<device name>/queue/iosched/low_latency
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_32
On 3/10/10, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@xunil.at> wrote:
>
> Recently I see bad performance with my vmware-server.
>
> Loads of harddisk IO ... even bad on the RAID1, disks working all the
> time (I hear them and iostat tells me).
>
> Might have to do with kernel 2.6.33 and non-fitting vmware-modules?
>
> I masked some modules back then because they didn't work, maybe they
> would now.
>
> Could someone tell me what combo works with gentoo-sources-2.6.33 ?
>
> I currently have:
>
> # eix vmware-mod
> [I] app-emulation/vmware-modules
> Available versions: 1.0.0.15-r1 1.0.0.15-r2 (~)1.0.0.24-r1{tbz2}
> [m]1.0.0.25-r1 [m](~)1.0.0.26 {kernel_linux}
> Installed versions: 1.0.0.24-r1{tbz2}(20:34:53
> 01.03.2010)(kernel_linux)
>
> # eix vmware-ser
> [I] app-emulation/vmware-server
> Available versions: 1.0.8.126538!s 1.0.9.156507!s
> (~)1.0.10.203137!s (~)2.0.1.156745-r3!s{tbz2} (~)2.0.2.203138!f!s{tbz2}
> Installed versions: 2.0.2.203138!f!s{tbz2}(20:19:33 10.03.2010)
>
>
> Thanks in advance, Stefan
>
>
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Kyle