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From: "Al Boldi" <a1426z@gawab.com>
To: "'Chen, Kenneth W'" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
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Subject: RE: [announce] linux kernel performance project launch at sourceforge.net
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:05:33 +0300
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Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> wrote: {
...Linux kernel needs a systematic and disciplined way to measure and track
kernel performance on a regular basis.
}

Nice, but the numbers would have more meaning if they were put in relation
to System Load ( CPU,MEM,DISK,NET,... )

Also, a test that saturates resources would easily expose deeper Kernel
problems.

Thanks,
		Al