Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 22:56:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NFS server reccomendations... Message-ID: <20020514225539.U85903-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020514150243.GA1402@arrakis.tamu.edu>
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On Tue, 14 May 2002, Mark Nipper wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 07:21:41AM +0200, Thierry Herbelot wrote:
> > As the SMP architecture of 4.x is a bit simplistic : only one processor
> > can run the kernel at any one time, there is NO gain using an SMP
> > machine for I/O (disk or network)
> >
> > Thus, an SMP machine may not be the best choice for an NFS server
> > (exchanging one processor for even more RAM is a better bet).
>
> Of course, then again, since the 760MPX/762 chipset is
> one of the only AMD chipsets (if not the only newer chipset)
> which supports ECC memory, you'll probably end up with two
> sockets on the board anyway.
>
> I've been running into this trying to put together a
> co-lo server. I really don't want to run it without ECC memory.
> But show me an Athlon board with ECC memory and PC2100 DDR memory
> with less than two sockets! :)
Gigabyte GA-7DX
You're welcome.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer Turning coffee into software since 1990.
behanna@zbzoom.net
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