Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 08:48:29 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual Log Stats - 1997/08/29 Message-ID: <199708291548.IAA18611@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:14:45 MDT." <199708291514.JAA08864@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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>> limit. It would be nice if we had enough reserve capacity to handle special >> days like yesterday. I estimate that we could have handled everyone (not >> turned anyone away) if the limit had instead been around 3000. The main >> problem is lack of main memory, but we're pretty much out of CPU cycles at >> 2000 users as well. > >*chanting* SMP, SMP, SMP... > ><grin> With the work that Steve is doing right now in leveraging the spl* functions to allow CPUs to process interrupts simultaneously while another CPU is executing system call code, going to SMP on wcarchive is a definate possibility. I'd say this would be at least four months out. however. Basically, the decision to go SMP on wcarchive is simple: It has to help more than it hurts. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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