Performance and Scalability

Technical Library

Linux is an operating system you can trust your business-critical systems. It delivers fast performance without the need for expensive hardware, and it scales to meet the needs of even the most demanding applications. Scaling up and out with Linux is more cost-effective than with Windows or UNIX because of the lower Linux software- and hardware-acquisition costs. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server powers three of the top global supercomputers and has received high marks in industry-standard TPC benchmarks. (For more information, see www.tpc.org.) With enhancements like the CPU scheduler, performance on multi-core servers has improved significantly. Want to find out more on Linux performance and scalability? Check the following papers!

Optimizing Linux for Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors + March 2006 Dual Core technologies are the latest evolution in processor design. Novell® enterprise products are ready to take advantage of the state of the art AMD64 dual-core technology. Read this white paper to learn how to optimize your Linux applications with SUSE® Linux Enterprise on the AMD Opteron™ platform.	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	9
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A NUMA API for Linux + April 2005 In traditional Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) systems, shared memory often reduces system performance and limits scalability. To overcome these limitations, modern systems have adopted Cache Coherent/Non Uniform Memory Access (CC/NUMA) architectures. This paper explains how SUSE Linux Enterprise Server takes advantage of the NUMA API.is paper explains how SUSE Linux Enterprise Server takes advantage of the NUMA API.	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	9