4 articles tagged "system performance"

How To Reduce Linux Computer Power Consumption

The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification is an open standard operating system-centic device configuration and power management. You can easily reduce your PC’s power consumption through smart activity monitors.

With the tools and code presented, you can reduce your power consumption through a series of rules regarding application usage. After tuning your kernel, hdparm, ACPI, and CPU settings, add these application monitors to more effectively enter your low-power states.
Linux Disk Benchmarking - IO Performance With fio Tool
You can use old good hdparm to find out how fast is your hard disk under Linux. There is another tool called Bonnie++ which is a benchmark suite that is aimed at performing a number of simple tests of hard drive and file system performance. Then you can decide which test is important and [...]
Download of the day: Solaris 10 update 8/07 CD / DVD ISO
Solaris 10 update 8/07 has been released and available for download. From the announcement page:
The latest update of the Solaris OS helps customers alleviate common enterprise problems such as virtualization, resource management, and system performance. Solaris delivers built-in investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments where price and [...]
What is /dev/shm and its practical usage
/dev/shm is nothing but implementation of traditional shared memory concept. It is an efficient means of passing data between programs. One program will create a memory portion, which other processes (if permitted) can access. This will result into speeding up things on Linux.
shm / shmfs is also known as tmpfs, which is a common name [...]