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Date:      Thu, 04 May 2000 20:13:47 -0600
From:      Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To:        Steve Kaczkowski <steve@inc.net>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: General slowness with SMP 
Message-ID:  <200005050213.UAA49217@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 May 2000 13:53:58 CDT." <3911C746.AE662230@inc.net> 

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Hi,

> Hey all!
> 
> Here's my setup:
>  ...
> Running in dual mode we'd notice all sorts of sluggish behavior like:
> 
> Compile times on the Cricket database (basically perl just parsing
> the config tree and making a DB file) would climb and climb. A
> 650 target database was taking about 70-80 seconds (Refer to Single
> mode down below for more detail).
> 
> When using things like VI there would be pauses when initially opening
> the file for editing. We'd also see pauses in the middle of editing
> a file, moving around,tabbing,etc.
> 
> Pauses when untarring
> 
> Umm.. Overall memory usage is fine, have about 730megs free, no swap.
> Everything
> seems to be ok...
> ...
> This is pretty much my first dive into FreeBSD SMP so I'm really not
> sure
> where or what to look at to help track this down and fix it..
> 
> Looking for any and all info...

Easiest way to guage "normal" FBSD SMP response would be to do a buildworld
both UP and SMP:

UP: rm -rf /usr/obj/* && cd /usr/src && time make -j4 buildworld
SMP: rm -rf /usr/obj/* && cd /usr/src && time make -j8 buildworld

Give us these times and we can say a little more...
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