Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:53:07 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "B. Richardson" <rabtter@aye.net> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium vs Pentium Pro vs Pentium II for SMP Message-ID: <199807200553.WAA24216@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Jul 1998 21:36:56 EDT." <Pine.SGI.3.95.980719212423.21464A-100000@orion.aye.net>
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> > I just read some info at http://sysdoc.pair.com which kind of suggests > that the Pentium Pro may be a more solid choice for building a > busy SMP server (especially in quad configurations). I have also > ran across some posting in the mailing list archives (can't find > them now :-( ) with some knowledgable folks citing a preference of the > Pentium over the Pentium Pro for busy systems with large memory stating > various reasons like memory bandwidth/path. > > Feedback/comments welcome. The outstanding issues are that you can put more than two P6's in a single system, and that the L2 cache on the P6 runs at full speed. The 350 and 400MHz PII parts address the second issue, but not the first; if you are building a quad you really have no choice AFAIK. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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