5 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-smpcurrent working SMP mboards?| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Ken McKittrick | Feb 28, 2000 7:08 am | |
| Jim Mercer | Feb 28, 2000 7:30 am | |
| Kelly Yancey | Feb 28, 2000 8:16 am | |
| Jim Mercer | Feb 28, 2000 8:21 am | |
| Fabio Cesar Gozzo | Feb 28, 2000 9:07 am |
| Subject: | current working SMP mboards? | |
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| From: | Ken McKittrick (klm...@a-znet.com) | |
| Date: | Feb 28, 2000 7:08:36 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-smp | |
i poked about on the freebsd website, and found that the information about SMP appears to be somewhat stale.
i'm not on freebsd-smp, so direct replies would be appreciated.
i'm running a fairly large/busy postgresql database.
i'm considering moving it to a multi-processor (start with 2, maybe add more) machine.
i'm considering the following for 3.4-STABLE (or 4.0-RELEASE): ASUS (P2B-DS or P2L97-DS) 512M RAM 1 x scsi drive for OS/applications 5 x 9/18 gig U2W drives under vinum raid5 for data
my understanding of the SMP stuff is that if the application is not multi-threaded, then SMP doesn't do much.
my theory was that with a dual processor, each incantation of the application would fire up on alternating processors.
is this correct? or is SMP effectively useless unless my application (primarily postgresql) is multi-threaded.
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