From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 12:14:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C787C16A41A for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:14:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vermaden@interia.pl) Received: from smtp4.poczta.interia.pl (smtp35.poczta.interia.pl [80.48.65.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BBEA13C46A for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:14:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vermaden@interia.pl) Received: by smtp4.poczta.interia.pl (INTERIA.PL, from userid 502) id 24184283D59; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:48:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from f33.poczta.interia.pl (f33.poczta.interia.pl [10.217.2.33]) by smtp4.poczta.interia.pl (INTERIA.PL) with ESMTP id 848FA283D0C; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:48:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by f33.poczta.interia.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93124B3243; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:48:55 +0100 (CET) Date: 14 Dec 2007 12:48:55 +0100 From: vermaden To: maxx@mobistarmail.be MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-ORIGINATE-IP: 217.76.112.72 X-Mailer: PSE Message-Id: <20071214114855.D93124B3243@f33.poczta.interia.pl> X-EMID: 23e40acc Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 7 on old SMP server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:14:02 -0000 > Hi list, >=20 > I have an old netfinity 7000 (Quad PIII 500, 1Gb RAM) running 6.2 > at the moment. I was wondering if it will take benefit of all the > SMP improvement of 7 or is it too old? It runs a few postgresql > databases, peak loads in the 2 to 4 range. >=20 > As I do not have another equivalent machine, I prefer to ask before > trying myself. >=20 > I quite happy with the performances of my laptop (centrino duo) > under 7, and hope my old server will be as happy as my laptop. >=20 > thanks in advance, > -- > MaXX=20 FreeBSD 7 will be doing a lot better there, since FreeBSD 6 does not scale = so well. You may want to check these: http://blog.insidesystems.net/articles/2007/04/11/more-is-better http://blog.insidesystems.net/articles/2007/04/11/postgresql-scaling-on-6-2= -and-7-0 http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/4cpu-pgsql.png http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/p3.png Regards vermaden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Graj za darmo! Wejdz do swiata wojny wampirow! http://link.interia.pl/f1cb6