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An Analysis of Linux Scalability to Many Cores (2010) [pdf]

• kryps 14y ago
  This study is from 2010 (Linux kernel 2.6.35-rc5).
  • buster 14y ago
    Yes, i am wondering how much this holds true with a recent kernel. Still interesting though!
• synctext 14y ago
  Love how this is old MIT work, with HN pointing to "stanford.edu"
• xtacy 14y ago
  The conference talk video is up here: https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi10/analysis-linux-scalability-many-cores https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi10/analysis-linux-scal...
• miga 14y ago
  Nothing newer on the topic? Given that 64-core nodes have become standard in high performance computing, and there are talks about 100s of cores on a single chip, the research may benefit from revision.
• shmerl 14y ago
  illumos kernel is known to scale better.
  • asdfs 14y ago
    Any references?
    • shmerl 14y ago
      I'm not sure if anyone made a strict quantitative analysts. This is what I remember reading: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/02/scalability-fud.html http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/02/scalability-fud.html
• flatfilefan 14y ago
  I have just upgraded from AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ to AMD FX 8350 Eight-Core 4GHz, the Handbrake video compression FPS went from 10 to 120-300. This makes for almost linear boost for GHz and number of cores.