Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:45:07 -0700 From: Roy Bettle <rbettle@bandserver.com> To: "Pratt, Christopher B" <cpratt@par.ora.fda.gov> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Dual CPU effectiveness? Message-ID: <37DE89A3.D64AA644@bandserver.com> References: <69B1BFD5C2CDD21189120008C75D3CCD138D56@ORSPABOTHELL2B.par.ora.fda.gov>
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All I know for sure is that the Internet's busiest FTP site, ftp.cdrom.com at 1.4 terabytes per day, runs FreeBSD on one P-III CPU. Other than that, I'm not sure. RAB "Pratt, Christopher B" wrote: > I am considering buying a dual PIII CPU to replace the single PII CPU from > which I operate a high traffic website running FreeBSD, Apache, PERL and > mysql. I have been unable to locate a place where I can get a definitive > answer on whether FreeBSD can make decent use of dual cpu or even if a PIII > is compatible (though I know it is, the info available is not current > enough). If anyone can point me to explicit info on this I would appreciate > it. > > I am also enclosing the current and upgraded configuration below in case > anyone would hazard a guess at the performance improvement that FreeBSD > might experience. I have tuned the existing system such that it has no swap > or process failures but during peak hours on the net it still runs like a > slug. Will this upgrade do any good with FreeBSD commensurate with the cost? > A related but not identical question is whether FreeBSD usage of multiple > cpus is sufficiently better than just using one fast cpu? > > Existing Configuration > PII 300 Mhz CPU > 66 Mhz BUS > IDE Controller (6.4 MB UDMA) > 128 MB RAM > > Planned Upgrade > Dual PIII 550 Mhz CPUs on ASUS P2B-DS ATX > 100 Mhz BUS > SCSI Controller (9.1 IBM Drive) > 256 MB RAM > > Thanks in advance. Chris > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Roy Bettle President, bandServer.com rbettle@bandserver.com www.bandserver.com (949) 716-9552 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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