From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 14 17:04:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49DA316A4DA for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:04:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sturdee@pathwaynet.com) Received: from zinc.pathwaynet.com (zinc.pathwaynet.com [216.46.200.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED30F43D46 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:04:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sturdee@pathwaynet.com) Received: from ireland.pathwaynet.com ([216.46.200.22]) by zinc.pathwaynet.com with esmtp (Exim 4.62) id 1G1R5G-000683-Td; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:04:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:04:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Sturdee To: "Tobias P. Santos" In-Reply-To: <44B7CBCC.7020100@netconsultoria.com.br> Message-ID: <20060714130311.C11562@ireland.pathwaynet.com> References: <44B7CBCC.7020100@netconsultoria.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to dual-core (Pentium D) processor - Does it worth it? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:04:18 -0000 Here's an article you might be interested in.. http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=489587 -Mike On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Tobias P. Santos wrote: > Hello! > > We have a server running FreeBSD 5.4 i386 (which we plan to upgrade to 6.1) > with a single Pentium 4 2.8GHz processor without SMP kernel. > This machine basically serves web pages that may or may not use MySQL server > (also run in this server). > Usually, we have low usage and load average is ~ 0.2 which is ok, but > sometimes, one single process (e.g., mysqld) begins to use all CPU cycles, > loading up the system and leading the other smaller processes (in terms of > CPU usage) to have a high response time. > As this server's motherboard doesn't support an additional processor, we are > wondering whether a Pentium D processor (830) might help to minimize this > problem. > In our understanding, one core would be busy with mysqld for example, while > the other one would be free to handle other processes like httpd and serve > pages that don't even need mysql resources. > Is this correct? Did someone have similiar (successful or unsuccessful) > experiences? > > Thank you in advance, > Tobias. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-performance-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >