Re: [LAU] Basic question about use of a lowlatency kernel

From: Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Feb 18 2013 - 22:57:22 EET

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:36 PM, <jonetsu@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> If a better response time from the kernel is something that's Good, why
> isn't lowlatency kernels a default in Linux distros (well, at least in
> Linux Mint and Fedora) If it is So Good, what are the arguments for not
> having a lowlatency kernel by default ?
>

latency and bandwidth are opposing goals. server oriented (compute-based
or storage-based) systems want to have the highest possible bandwidth, not
the lowest latency. generally, at least.

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