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A common one for server apps is logging, especially to the console. It’s far more expensive than people assume and in many cases is single-threaded. This can m
by jiggawatts 2y ago
A common one for server apps is logging, especially to the console.
It’s far more expensive than people assume and in many cases is single-threaded. This can make logging the scalability bottleneck!
- rcxdude 2y agoLogging to a 'serial' console can stall the whole kernel, wrecking latency, and this can easily show up in VMs since a lot of them emulate a lowest-common-denominator UART inerface as the kernel console.
- ahoka 2y agoI remember setting a server’s console baudrate in EFI to its higher setting improved boot times, hehe.