Currently when OpenSolaris is idle it is really energy efficient. Despite this, there is actually background activity that does exist. The majority of this background noise is from a clock feature that fires periodically, 100 times a second that does all sorts of house keeping such as tick processing and clocks. The downfall is that most of the time there is no housekeeping to do.

Having a tick-less clock would:

• Improve power management
• Speed up virtual environments
• Improve multiple instances of Solaris when in use

Watch this video to learn more about this new development and how to get involved.

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