> This sounds great. If I wind up with a big machine to test it on I'll
> tell you how it goes.
Thanks, though you don't necessarily have to wait for a "big machine" if
you just want to give the appliance a go. A little machine or even a
virtual machine should do.
> Are you familiar with this bug:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/linux/+bug/245779
>
> It's the reason my latest db servers are running Centos 5.2, sadly.
> By the time I'd found the suggested workaround of setting a boot
> option of NO_HZ=y I was already migrated off ubuntu for db servers.
No, I wasn't familiar with the bug. Very strange. I've been using Hardy
with that kernel for a few months and have yet to come across it...
Cheers,
Liraz