Re: about virtual processors

> > Hmmmm....meaty stuff as usual, thanks for taking the time to > explain....so is the "timeslice" kernel tunable available generally and > if so could you point me in the right direction to read up on it and/or > use it?? > > Thanks > > Greg > You might try 'The Magic Garden' which tells you how Unix works at a kernel level, also for Solaris there is Adrian Cockcrofts Performance Tuning books. Adrian also has a series of articles on the sun web site, in which he goes into great depth at explain the locking strategies in the kernel, paging and memory handling clarifying a lot of the mis-understanding that people have regard swap in SVR4 unix. He is a very bright cookie. If you ever hear of him presenting a paper in your area, make the effect to get there - it will be worth it. Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.co.uk