Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:06:42 -0500 From: Joshua Coombs <jcoombs@gwi.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 on old SMP server? Message-ID: <fk927j$3pm$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20071213220841.116ba698.maxx@mobistarmail.be> References: <20071213220841.116ba698.maxx@mobistarmail.be>
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MaXX wrote: > Hi list, > > I have an old netfinity 7000 (Quad PIII 500, 1Gb RAM) running 6.2 at the moment. I was wondering if it will take benefit of all the SMP improvement of 7 or is it too old? It runs a few postgresql databases, peak loads in the 2 to 4 range. > > As I do not have another equivalent machine, I prefer to ask before trying myself. > > I quite happy with the performances of my laptop (centrino duo) under 7, and hope my old server will be as happy as my laptop. > > > thanks in advance, > -- > MaXX My hacked up 386 showed gains going from 6.2 to 7, the big win that I've noticed is scp throughput, I can sustain 40 to 45kbps where in the past the box walled at around 30kbps. Apache seems to have less latency responding to gets also. I'm just running a 7b3 kernel at the moment, I'm going to have to repartition with a lot more swap space to be able to build a 7 world (When did the ram use for a buildworld skyrocket?!) but even with this setup, 7 + ULE is a win for me. My other test case is a dual P3 1ghz box, running qmail, and moving from 6 to 7 has given me a decent boost in mail throughput capacity. (The box can now sustain approx 250 messages a second where before it would start backlogging before 200 messages a second.) http://www.x386.net/about.html Josh C
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