[WBEL-users] Kernel 2.6.x

[Adrian Snyman]

We are currently running kernel 2.4.21-15.ELsmp

The system after our upgrade from Redhat 7.3 has been much better in 
that our load average has reduced by around 10-12% .. 

However, we currently use IBM Universe 10.1.1, and we are picking up a problem 
on printing. It seems as though the universe spooler is pausing for about 
10-15 seconds before releasing, and lpd takes t from there without problems. 
Now this pause becomes significant when we are processing about 10000 
documents a day.
This was not happening on RH 7.3, and despite tuning additional parameters
for the Whitebox kernel (listed below)

kernel.msgmnb =16384
kernel.msgmni =1024
kernel.msgmax =65536
kernel.sem =250 256000 32 1024

there is STILL a lag. I now want to see if kernel 2.6 does not maybe offer 
something that 2.4 is not doing. So where do I start ?
IE: I need the latest 2.6 kernel for RHEL/clones .. but it's not on the CD.
Where could I possibly download this from ??
Are there additional things that need to be added ?
Any Gotchas I should be aware of ?
Thanks,


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Adrian Snyman
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