From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 16:11:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA12666 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:11:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA12629 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:11:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA10040; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:11:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:11:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Rick Hamell cc: Morris Allen , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Rick Hamell wrote: > > from my old job, when processor utilization time is at a peek, the dual > > would perform > > better, (More MIPS or task) than the faster single processor. Please share > > you thoughts with me. I am prepairing to build a monster mail machine.. with > > freebsd 3.0. > > thanks > > You would get more from two under FreeBSD. If you search the > archives, I think you'll find some specific numbers. Though, you'll be > needing to send a LOT of mail to utilize a good portion of that power. :) > Heck.. I think ftp.cdrom.com is still only dual-300s, and it's the busiest > ftp site around! Er, wcarchive is a PPro 200. PII motherboards won't handle 1GB of RAM without some serious performance penalties. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message