Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 22:03:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: Mr M P Searle <csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk>, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quad Pro 150 motherboard? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970427220223.32065G-100000@zen.cypher.net> In-Reply-To: <199704280200.UAA23188@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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my point was that they are not for general consumption. certainly, there are certain applications which make use of 4 CPUs, but my day goes just fine with a single P6-150 even when doing frequent recompiles. b3n On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Steve Passe wrote: > 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. > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > >
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