From owner-freebsd-smp Thu Oct 30 15:37:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA21005 for smp-outgoing; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:37:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp) Received: from monk.via.net (monk.via.net [140.174.204.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA20995 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:37:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: (from joe@localhost) by monk.via.net (8.6.11/8.6.12) id PAA29117 for freebsd-smp@freebsd.org; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:26:55 -0800 Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:26:55 -0800 From: Joe McGuckin Message-Id: <199710302326.PAA29117@monk.via.net> To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: What's the state of SMP? Usable ? X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I need to set up a web server that's going to get quite a lot of traffic. I'm purchasing a TYAN dual Pentium II motherboard and I had the thought that I might want to use 2 cpu's. Is the SMP code reliable? My existing web server (Pentium 200 MMX, 256M ram) runs with a load average of 50 - jumping up to over 100 when certain cgi scripts are running. Just by going with a single 300mhz Pentium II, I should see quite an improvement in the load. Would 2 processors cut the load in half? Thanks! Joe