Interesting article ibm benchmarks 2.6 kernel

[Collins Richey]

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-web26/index.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02KernCompare

Wow,

According to the benchmark tests, a 2.6.0-test5 kernel was able to
deliver 5 times the number of pages as compared with a 2.4 kernel in a
24 hour period during a webserver test on an 8-way processor.

Enjoy,

-- 
Collins - Denver Area - 
Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.2-rc1