Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:22:23 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hyperthreading hurts 5.3? Message-ID: <200501140222.j0E2MNdr002923@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <182233524.20050113205707@wanadoo.fr> (message from Anthony Atkielski on Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:57:07 %2B0100) References: <200501131218.j0DCIMrx002556@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <182233524.20050113205707@wanadoo.fr>
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> The other AMD processor, on my server, dramatically overheated for 8-12 > hours at a time (process stuck in a loop--I never found out why). It > damaged something that failed intermittently at first (segment > violations in the kernel and in daemons that should never have such > problems), then got worse and worse over a few days, until it failed > completely. It was not my machine, maybe it had been giving some warnings, but the one in charge failed to notice them. > I decided to build my own. I was tired of not knowing what was inside > the machine, and finding out the hard and expensive way that many > corners had been cut. I also got tired of having stacks and stacks of I rely on a shop that I trust, and for servers, I give the exact requirements :) And of course I always open a new box before I power it on... > unused stereo mini-speakers, ultra-cheap keyboards, and equally cheap > mice. Not to mention paying for Windows and a boatload of absolutely At least we do not pay for Windows, that is Thailand :) (partial BS as we have a site licence for Windows, shame!) Olivier
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