From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 24 7:34:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in (theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in [144.16.71.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3367437BB2F for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 07:33:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsidd@theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in) Received: (qmail 616 invoked by uid 211); 24 Apr 2000 14:33:41 -0000 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:03:41 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Lanny Baron Cc: Greg Lehey , Noemie Buzaglo , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP & RAID Message-ID: <20000424200340.C559@physics.iisc.ernet.in> References: <20000424181548.E12676@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from lnb@freedomtc.com on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 08:25:20AM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 X-Question: Do you enjoy reading pointless headers? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello Greg, > I fail to understand why FreeBSD would not want to pursue large corporate > users. If it is what you say (SMOP..) then why doesn't one of the programmers > for FreeBSD get SMP up to par with other systems? > > The answer provided does not demonstrate FreeBSD as being a commercially > viable solution against other systems, which is contrary to what we believe. To > be blunt, sucks. As a free/open source software user, but non-programmer, I believe the answer is: if it works for you, use it. If not, don't. Many of us don't run large database applications; many of us don't even need SMP so a statement like it "sucks" sounds strange to us. > Greg, as you are not only a genius in his own right, you are a lover of > FreeBSD! AS the saying goes "if it's not broken, BREAK it and fix it" Again, the source is with you: fix it yourself, or pay someone to do it. If the fix is good and you contribute it back to the project, maybe you'll even have been of some help. > There must be some secret here, if MS is using FBSD for hotmail and Yahoo! is > using it for web. One processor to deliver all that? Actually I believe they use hundreds / thousands. However, the Walnut Creek FTP archive was running off one processor till recently (it's now a Xeon but still a single machine, according to information on the site). Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message