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Date:      Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:26:14 EDT
From:      ESPO247@aol.com
To:        vsiris@csi.forth.gr
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: seeking advice: cpus, scsi & raid
Message-ID:  <aefc6518.248fefa6@aol.com>

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It depends on the application you are using. If the application dosn't 
support SMP, then it won't do you any good having a dual processer machine. 

But with Xeons, you can have up to 8 processers.

I believe with the stock PIIIs, you can only have up to 4. 

Espo

In a message dated 99-06-09 03:48:33 EDT, you write:

> Q1: Given that I need fast processing for few users (max 3-4), would
>  a PIII Xeon@500Mhz
>  be preferable (cost/performance) compared to a 2 PIII@ 500 Mhz ? Of
>  course this is related to
>  how faster a Xeon processor is, but is also related to how well FreeBSD
>  can take advantage of a multiprocessor system.



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