Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 10:02:43 -0500 From: Mark Nipper <nipsy@tamu.edu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS server reccomendations... Message-ID: <20020514150243.GA1402@arrakis.tamu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3CE09EE5.4F92B8BB@herbelot.com> References: <20020513163658.G43054-100000@snafu.adept.org> <3CE09EE5.4F92B8BB@herbelot.com>
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--n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 07:21:41AM +0200, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > As the SMP architecture of 4.x is a bit simplistic : only one processor > can run the kernel at any one time, there is NO gain using an SMP > machine for I/O (disk or network) >=20 > Thus, an SMP machine may not be the best choice for an NFS server > (exchanging one processor for even more RAM is a better bet). Of course, then again, since the 760MPX/762 chipset is one of the only AMD chipsets (if not the only newer chipset) which supports ECC memory, you'll probably end up with two sockets on the board anyway. I've been running into this trying to put together a co-lo server. I really don't want to run it without ECC memory. But show me an Athlon board with ECC memory and PC2100 DDR memory with less than two sockets! :) --=20 Mark Nipper e-contacts: Computing and Information Services nipsy@tamu.edu Texas A&M University http://arrakis.tamu.edu/nipsy/ College Station, TX 77843-3142 AIM: texasnipsy ICQ: 66971617 (979)575-3193 Yahoo: texasnipsy -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GG/IT d- s++:+ a-- C++$ UBL+++$ P--->+++ L+++$ E--- W++ N+ o K++ w(---) O++ M V(--) PS+++(+) PE(--) Y+ PGP++(+) t 5 X R tv b+++ DI+(++) D+ G e h r++ y+(**) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---begin random quote of the moment--- Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. -- Robert Frost, _New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes_, 1923 ----end random quote of the moment---- --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjzhJxMACgkQ79RuBNw99zDIXwCeIpKERlfJ0O3RBF4PaPoNCBD+ 820An35tA4s8VFKylqu4sl54blU8jINP =ygwX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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