From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 7 01:01:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA11072 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:01:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA11067 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:01:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA16150; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:01:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:01:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Morris Allen cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <000c01be0a03$53f99dc0$c97391d0@moe-rc.vidnet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Morris Allen wrote: > I am an old Multi Processor Bay Mainframer, but now a technical > engineer. My question. Say in Freebsd 3.0.. from a processor side.. > Would I get more performance out of using two 333 or 350 Mhz dual > processors on a dual processor motherboard or just jump to the 450 Mhz > Intel processor. I believe, at least from my old job, when processor > utilization time is at a peek, the dual would perform better, (More > MIPS or task) than the faster single processor. Please share you > thoughts with me. I am prepairing to build a monster mail machine.. > with freebsd 3.0. thanks Morris Allen You'd have to ask the SMP list about that one. Going to dual processors isn't necessarily a gain. It depends on what you're planning on doing; for 75% of the tasks out there, your CPU isn't your limiting factor. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message