Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 12:36:56 -0700 (PDT) From: <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> Cc: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: K6-2/333, was: Re: Debug kernel by default (was: System sizewith-g) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9904061234440.30339-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <3709EE06.77F97B9E@uswest.net>
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > >I've seen good speed gains by moving to a 100MHz bus, although this was > >for servers that were doing a lot of database work and heavy network > >traffic. Perhaps it wouldn't matter much for servers doing more > >calculation-intensive work? > > Aye, in a server setup a faster bus does make a difference, but my > reference (Tom's HW) is for workstations. Did I miss the first part > of the thread, was this discussion about servers? If so, my apologies > for my misunderstanding. > > Disk and memory work in a server can max a slower FSB, but if the > server is being used for CPU-intensive work, then what's the point of > spending extra for a server? I'm not sure what the discussion was about... I thought it was just a general discussion about busses? --- tani hosokawa river styx internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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