April 1998
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
16h 11m
English
book
Sun Performance and Tuning: Java™ and the Internet, Second Edition
by Adrian Cockcroft, Richard Pettit
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Chapter 14. Kernel Algorithms and Tuning
This chapter explains some of the inner workings of the kernel. This chapter also describes buffer sizes and variables that can be changed by a system administrator when tuning a kernel. “Tunables Quick Reference” on page 557 contains a quick summary of what can safely be changed.
The kernel algorithms are noted as being based on System V Release 4 (SVR4) if they are generic and as Solaris 2-based if Solaris 2 is different from generic SVR4. Later releases of SunOS 4 have Solaris 1 names, which I have avoided for clarity (although this is not considered the correct use of the terms). The kernel part of Solaris 2 is known as SunOS 5.
There are no “magic silver bullet” tunable values that will make a big ...