CPU Performance
In this section we consider ways of improving the effectiveness of CPUs by taking advantage of the Solaris scheduling classes and by binding processes to CPUs.
Process Binding
Just as processes can be bound to processor sets, processes can be bound to a single CPU with the pbind (1M) command. Once bound, a process can only run on that CPU, even if the CPU is busy and others are idle.
Binding is not usually recommended for optimal performance for the following reasons:
Binding is rigid and any given binding policy may not always be equally effective.
If more than one process is bound to each CPU, there may be periods when CPU load is not balanced.
Solaris has a sophisticated scheduler that is almost always able to do an excellent ...
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