From owner-freebsd-smp Sun Apr 27 18:50:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA11842 for smp-outgoing; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 18:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jumping-spider.aracnet.com (root@jumping-spider.aracnet.com [204.188.47.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA11837 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 18:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cbrowni2-home (ppp-r7.aracnet.com [205.238.13.9]) by jumping-spider.aracnet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA16075; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 18:51:24 -0700 Message-ID: <336401FE.F21@earthling.net> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 18:48:46 -0700 From: Chris Browning Reply-To: brownie@earthling.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mr M P Searle CC: smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quad Pro 150 motherboard? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael, I concur with Ben here. Typically in the PC world, anything above 2 procs is geared towards servers. I can't think of many non-server > 2way systems out there. So, if you want >2way, you will have to go with one of the server class machines, which are typically expensive. In addition, I would not bother with the 150MHz PPP. If I remember correctly, the 150 only comes in the 256k cache size. If you are going to do 4way, do yourself a favor and get the 512k cache PPP. 4way PPP will saturate the processor bus quite quickly, so the more cache the better. I believe they make a 166/512k PPP, so for cost effectiveness, that is what I would recommend. Chris Not speaking for Intel. Ben Black wrote: > > a 4 or 6 CPU P6 board for *other* than a large server...think about that > for a few minutes. > > (hint: NT4 Workstation can't handle more than 2CPUs and that is the most > popular commercial SMP-capable OS) > > On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Mr M P Searle wrote: > > > Is there such a thing as a cheap quad Pentium Pro motherboard? I'm looking > > for an SMP Pro 150, but there aren't many 4 or 6 Pro motherboards > > around, and those that I could find were for large servers (eg Intel Alder, > > Goliath, etc.) > > > > Thanks, Michael. > > > > -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzJSHeUAAAEEAKQrvftlb+sbnw0hA5vW2Orzq3rCGypldkYxRdXhx0yWx/dY U2PMqxgTwlOeQl3wA1IIWGMaHhbpPp0IegkOm9HIHEvc2G8uWywN5OvkaVFyuIHL juZ6VSem3cd63bqpNe3ZWtWwQdjFivm+YNeQveV220eTPfTuvbz7xZq+b9WZAAUR tCtDaHJpcyBTaGVybWFuIEJyb3duaW5nIDxjYnJvd25AYXJhY25ldC5jb20+ =NxsF -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----