From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 18:41:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B025016A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:41:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.save-ferris.com (ip-69-33-104-67.nyc.megapath.net [69.33.104.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE5843D48 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:41:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jromero@save-ferris.com) Received: by mail.save-ferris.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id B305E17069; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:41:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 192.168.100.2 (unknown [192.168.100.3]) by mail.save-ferris.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF48817067 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 192.168.100.119 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jromero); by new.host.name with HTTP; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3535.192.168.100.119.1096051268.squirrel@192.168.100.119> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:41:08 -0400 (EDT) From: jromero@save-ferris.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on ws1.save-ferris.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=3.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Level: Subject: FreeBSD 5.x SMP--> QUAD XEON SCALABILITY QUESTION X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:41:22 -0000 Posted to freebsd-smp but didn't get too many replies, so I apologize for cross posting ahead of time. Need to configure groupware server and multiprotocol wireless proxy for aproximatly 2500 accounts. Application is heavily multi threaded and willrequire alot of CPU power. The OS will be FreeBSD 5.x Thinking of going with ServerWorks* Grand Champion HE quad xeon server board. Has anyone had any SMP experience with quad xeon systems on freebsd 5.x??? I'm curious to know if anyone experienced any major technical stumbling blocks. I guess I also want to know how well Freebsd 5.x will scale on a 4 proc. Will freeBSD 5.x utilize a quad xeon board as efficiently as linux2.6 system??? Thanks, JR