Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:47:03 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> Cc: james@redlinenetworks.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Benchmarking/testing Message-ID: <3B2A1FE7.AD4875D0@centtech.com> References: <SAK.2001.06.14.bhdpddch@support10>
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Processors are typically put through a burn-in before leaving manufacturing.. There is no need to do burn ins, but there can be a need to do "QA" testing to "run the gamut" on the hardware to double check its reliability. As for performance, it does absolutely nothing.. Eric Peter wrote: > > On 06/14/2001 2:05:35 PM, James Penick is quoted as saying: > > >> . . .|What's a good solution for testing/burning in the CPU and Memory of a > >system? I've heard 'recompile the kernel' mentioned but that doesn't seem to > >efficient. Any other ideas? > > . > > I've heard of 'burning' in the car engine, but do you also > need to burn in the memory/cpu?? > > [This is the first time I've ever heard of somethign even close to > "burning" in the cpu/mem -- just curious]. > > Can someone also point me to a link/docs that show > performance/reliability of a cpu/mem that is > not "burned" in.....[if it is a good thing [tm] to burn-in cpu/mem] > > www.nul.cjb.net > www.FreeBSD.org > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Anderson anderson@centtech.com Centaur Technology (512) 418-5792 For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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