Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:11:19 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp.cdrom.com Message-ID: <199804020611.AAA02510@unix.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <199804020154.RAA09373@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Apr 1, 98 05:54:05 pm"
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In reply: > >>> I think the 450MHz versions of PII will be out this summer, but it's > >>> mostly the 100MHz bus that I'm interested in! :-) > > > >Although one of the advantages the PPro does have over the PII's is that > >you can have 4 PPro's and you can only have 2 PII's now if you've got > >you're ftp site distributed across some machines then maybe its not so > >much of a concern, but at the moment PPro's are the chip of choice for > >high-end servers, plus I believe the PPro can cache all 4Gb of memory > >while PII can only do 512Mb. > > > >So dream machine would be - 4 PPro 200's (overclocked to 233 :) all with > >1Mb of L2 cache and > 512Mb RAM. > > The cachability restriction is one of the things that the new Slot II > processors solve. I don't know how scalable they are with SMP, however, > although this isn't an issue for ftp.cdrom.com where I have no near-term > plans to go beyond a single processor. One of the systems on our floor at work is a new DG box... 4 P-II's... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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