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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 14:40:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
Cc:        Matthew Reimer <mreimer@vpop.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MFC pthreads before 3.2 is released?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9904281438270.18863-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904281407030.8949-100000@guru.phone.net>

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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Mike Meyer wrote:

> I've been meaning to ask about something related to this.
> 
> I've got a box that's doing some light services - apache, PostgreSQL,
> Perforce;, running the distributed.net code (and if you're not a
> member of team FreeBSD, you should be), and playing workstation.
> 
> Some comments on the PostgreSQL list make me think that adding a
> second processor wouldn't be that much of a benefit, as the locking in
> the -STABLE branch increases the contention.

  It doesn't really depend on postgresql at all.  If your process mix is
cpu intensive, you will get a benefit.  If your process mix is
kernel/syscall intensive, then you won't get much benefit as only one
process can be active in the kernel at a time.  Now, are your postgresql
processes cpu or kernel intensive?  Depends on what you do.

> Anyone got advice on this?
> 
> 	Thanx,
> 	<mike


Tom



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