From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Aug 20 11:34:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-smp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA24057 for smp-outgoing; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:34:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA24051 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:34:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu (eastham.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu [146.245.1.21]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with SMTP id LAA12878 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:34:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from robeson.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu by sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1a) id AA10961; Tue, 20 Aug 96 13:43:23 EDT Received: by robeson.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA06188; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 13:42:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 13:42:15 -0400 Message-Id: <199608201742.NAA06188@robeson.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu> From: Dayton Clark To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: IBM Server 720 Sender: owner-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Folks, I am looking for a multiprocessor PC for some SMP research, probably using FreeBSD as I have it on several other machines in the lab. The IBM Server 720 w/4 CPU's looks interesting, at least on paper (I have yet to get a quote from someone, literature but no quotes). I have a few questions. o Does anyone have experience with the IBM 720? o I assume that it is enough of a PC to support FreeBSD on a single processor, correct? o Is there any reason the current FreeBSD smp system wouldn't work (or nearly work) on it? o Any recommendations on other systems to consider? Most that I see are dual systems and I'm interested in more than 2 processors. Thanks a bundle. dayton Dayton Clark CIS Department dayton@brooklyn.cuny.edu Brooklyn College/CUNY 1-718-951-4811 Brooklyn, New York 11210 1-718-951-4842 (fax)