[LAU] Basic question about use of a lowlatency kernel

[Paul Davis]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:36 PM, <jonetsu at teksavvy.com> wrote:

> If a better response time from the kernel is something that's Good, why
> isn't lowlatency kernels a default in Linux distros (well, at least in
> Linux Mint and Fedora)  If it is So Good, what are the arguments for not
> having a lowlatency kernel by default ?
>

latency and bandwidth are opposing goals. server oriented  (compute-based
or storage-based) systems want to have the highest possible bandwidth, not
the lowest latency. generally, at least.
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