Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:35:21 +0100 From: "Gunnarsson, Mikael" <Mikael.Gunnarsson@octapharma.se> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Multiprocessor system VS one processor system Message-ID: <CD1C1AC62C4DA944914E36E7B3DD904313DB18@sestosrv004p.ad.octapharma.se>
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> With our Servers (dual and quad), if a CPU becomes defective > and ca= uses > a crash, when the Server reboots, it will mark the CPU > off-l= ine and use > the other CPU. That makes it redundant. And that is, for= anyone > considering their Server to be of prime importance, a hell of= > lot better > than waiting for a replacement of the same cpu with t= he same stepping. Is CPUs breaking down a real problem? During my 20+ = years of fiddling with computers (professionally and hobby-wise) I don't = think I've ever had a CPU spontaneously become defective when it was runn= ing under normal conditions.. Then again, maybe I've just been lucky. = MG This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and i= ntended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are a= ddressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the syst= em manager. This message contains confidential information and is intende= d only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you s= hould not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
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