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Date:      Sun, 27 Apr 1997 20:00:08 -0600
From:      Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To:        Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
Cc:        Mr M P Searle <csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk>, smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quad Pro 150 motherboard? 
Message-ID:  <199704280200.UAA23188@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Apr 1997 20:38:47 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.91.970427203708.32065D-100000@zen.cypher.net> 

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Hi,

> 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)

Actually we have several users reporting success with 4-CPU freeBSD SMP
systems!  A 4-CPU systems makes sense for more than just servers.  A 
development system for one.  With our parallel make you can
keep 4 CPUs busy with a group of parallel compiles.

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