[CentOS] SHOULD I NEED TO RECOMPILE THE KERNEL ?

Wed Jul 25 08:32:33 UTC 2007
Feizhou <feizhou at graffiti.net>

Indunil Jayasooriya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am still runnig Redhat 9 box with sendmail and squid. It is quite 
> slow. It has only 128 MB RAM. So I upgraded it to 512 MB RAM. Now, It is 
> running with 512 MB RAM. But, It is still slow. No progress has been 
> achived. Some users say it is slower than before. Actually, I also have 
> noticed it is NOW SLOWER than before. WHY IS THAT?
> 
> SHOULD I NEED TO RECOMPILE THE KERNEL as I installed a new 512 MB RAM ?
> 
> help needed?

This is a Centos List. Not a RH9 List. In any case, you want to look for 
cpu hoggers and/or heavy I/O activity. In the latter case, you will have 
to guess who the culprit is or get atsar with an appropriate kernel patch.

In any case, Rh9 is unmaintained and I suggest you upgrade to a more 
recent Linux distro.