Date: 14 Dec 2007 12:48:55 +0100 From: vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> To: maxx@mobistarmail.be Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 7 on old SMP server? Message-ID: <20071214114855.D93124B3243@f33.poczta.interia.pl>
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> Hi list, >=20 > 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. >=20 > As I do not have another equivalent machine, I prefer to ask before > trying myself. >=20 > 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. >=20 > thanks in advance, > -- > MaXX=20 FreeBSD 7 will be doing a lot better there, since FreeBSD 6 does not scale = so well. You may want to check these: http://blog.insidesystems.net/articles/2007/04/11/more-is-better http://blog.insidesystems.net/articles/2007/04/11/postgresql-scaling-on-6-2= -and-7-0 http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/4cpu-pgsql.png http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/p3.png Regards vermaden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Graj za darmo! Wejdz do swiata wojny wampirow! http://link.interia.pl/f1cb6
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