Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 15:17:12 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Du Gaue <rdugaue@calweb.com> To: Sylvain Hubert <hubert@joule.physics.uottawa.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Pentium II Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980112151400.15700B-100000@web2.calweb.com> In-Reply-To: <34BA7834.1171@physics.uottawa.ca>
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> I was thinking of bying an Asus dual pentium II motherboard. The > only problem I could see now is if FreeBSD can run on such machine > and how does it manage jobs. For instance, if you submit a program, > does it run on both cpu or only on one (What about when you submit > two programs??) ? We've got this model here with Dual P-II 300MHZ. Jordan did some benchmarks on it and had 'make worlds' in the 30-40 minute range. Overall though, as a server, I would not use PIIs. The PPros are much better work horses and the money for a PII with comparable speed isn't worth it. We also had some initial problems with the onboard SCSI controller for that model. It's working now, but does get an abnormal amount of bus errors, but I beleive that's because the FreeBSD people are still working on support for that board. > > Thank you in advance for your time. > > Sylvain Hubert > hubert@physics.uottawa.ca > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Du Gaue - rdugaue@calweb.com http://www.calweb.com President, CalWeb Internet Services Inc. (916) 641-9320 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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