Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 21:51:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kevin Massagli <realtyone.xo-1@Milpitas01.pop.internex.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Support for dual processors? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970130214930.28180I-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970130203828.00c8d7b0@Milpitas01.pop.internex.net>
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Kevin Massagli wrote: > I am a novice FreeBSD and for that matter, Unix developer. And Im trying > to spec an Internet server with some power to stream videos. > > Does FreeBSD support 2 dual processors, i.e. does it make adequate and > efficient use of both the processors or am i wasting my money? Yes, there is a SMP version of FreeBSD. http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/ For video streaming, I bet you could get away with a P200 (or even 166) and a PCI video card and get decent frame rates. You might try asking in multimedia@freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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