From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 22:25:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C2616A4CE for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:25:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.save-ferris.com (ip-69-33-104-67.nyc.megapath.net [69.33.104.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A09443D1F for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:25:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jromero@save-ferris.com) Received: by mail.save-ferris.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 5DE7E17066; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:24:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 192.168.100.2 (unknown [192.168.100.3]) by mail.save-ferris.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AE1C17064 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:24:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 192.168.100.119 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jromero); by new.host.name with HTTP; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:24:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4499.192.168.100.119.1095978289.squirrel@192.168.100.119> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:24:49 -0400 (EDT) From: jromero@save-ferris.com To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on ws1.save-ferris.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=3.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Level: Subject: SMP quad xeon question X-BeenThere: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD SMP implementation group List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:25:09 -0000 Need to configure groupware server and multiprotocol wireless proxy for aproximatly 2500 accounts. Application is heavily multi threaded and will require alot of CPU power. The OS will be FreeBSD 5.x Thinking of going with ServerWorks* Grand Champion HE quad xeon server board. Has anyone had any SMP experience with quad xeon systems on freebsd 5.x??? I'm curious to know if anyone experienced any major technical stumbling blocks. I guess I also want to know how well Freebsd 5.x will scale on a 4 proc. system. I'm not on this list so please CC me. Thanks, -JR