From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 22:34:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B8F16A4CE for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 22:34:19 +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 9665A43D39 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 22:34:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jromero@save-ferris.com) Received: by mail.save-ferris.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 5975E17066; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:34:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 192.168.100.2 (unknown [192.168.100.3]) by mail.save-ferris.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6672E17064 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:34:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 192.168.2.11 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jromero); by new.host.name with HTTP; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:34:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <18553.192.168.2.11.1096151640.squirrel@192.168.2.11> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:34:00 -0400 (EDT) From: jromero@save-ferris.com To: freebsd-hackers@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: SMP on quad xeons X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 22:34:19 -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