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IBM Retail Environment for SUSE Linux V2 kernels have Linux Kernel Crash
Dump (LKCD) installed. LKCD is a set of tools and kernel patches that support
the creation and analysis of crash dumps. Refer to “Swap partition
considerations with Linux Kernel Crash Dump” on page 179 for additional
information.
8.1.6 Tuning the processor subsystem
The CPU is one of the most important hardware subsystems for servers whose
primary role is that of an application or database server. However, in these
systems, the CPU is often the source of performance bottlenecks.
To tweak processor tuning parameters, ref