sendfile surprise

[Anders Berg]

On Aug 7, 2006, at 12:24, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <41767.1154944127 at critter.freebsd.dk>, "Poul-Henning  
> Kamp" writes:
>>
>> I had tacitly assumed that sendfile(2) would be faster than
>> a write, but it may no be while data is still in RAM.
>>
>> While working on the slow client timeout, I have taken sendfile
>> out for now and as a result I see the Alteon loading us with
>> up to 1500 req/s, which I take to mean that our responsetime is
>> better now.
>>
>> The stats don't quite confirm that this is the case, but we don't
>> actually record "time to first packet goes out" so the alteon
>> may see things differently than us.
>
>
> Actually, come to think of it, it's monday morning, the day
> after vacation, I guess the traffic might just be more intense
> now ?

The traffic is somewhat higher than normal, but not very much.
Daytime is alot more intensive then after 1600, anyway.

Anders Berg

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