[TriLUG] Kernel compilation class

Jaimie Livingston Jaimie.Livingston at haht.com
Tue Nov 12 09:20:49 EST 2002


Kernel optimization for various types of enterprise servers (Samba
Fileservers, Firewalls, Load-balancers, VPNs) would be a topic I would
definitely make time for...

Jaimie

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Ray [mailto:jim at neuse.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:32 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Kernel compilation class


Amen.  I know a 15 seat CPA firm that just invested $$$ only to use Winblows
2000 for an open share without any security.  Samba would definitely be a
viable alternative.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Carnes [mailto:jonc at nc.rr.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 3:27 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Kernel compilation class

How about the specialty role of the Samba server?

At my former job the primary Samba server was used continuously by 200+
folks using a stock Red Hat Kernel.  I kept throwing other services on it,
and it never missed a beat.  The server was running a VALinux modified
RedHat 6.2 install. Whatever tweaks VALinux did kept the server up and
running much better than the default Red Hat kernel release of 6.2.

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Ray" <jim at neuse.net>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:08 AM
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Kernel compilation class


Actually, our goals are one in the same.  By compiling kernels to run the
minimum necessary services and by distributing http, smtp, ftp, file/print
services onto separate computers, one minimizes the probability for
catastrophic system failure in a corporate environment.

We could always throw in a little kickstart and g4u into the mix...


-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Carnes [mailto:jonc at nc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:45 AM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Kernel compilation class

On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 11:15, Jim Ray wrote:
> Compiling kernel to minimize footprint 101
>
I would rather like to see how to optimize the kernel for a corporate
environment.  As an example that recently crossed the list: how to configure
it for maximum stability in an environment with a massive number of
simultaneous connections.



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