From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Jul 20 00:05:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA05061 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:05:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail2.deltanet.com (mail2.deltanet.com [199.171.190.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA05055 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:05:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevin.stephenson@pobox.com) Received: from kevin1 (ana4131.deltanet.com [199.171.191.131]) by mail2.deltanet.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id AAA29229 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:05:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807200705.AAA29229@mail2.deltanet.com> X-Sender: cts@mail.deltanet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:05:40 -0700 To: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Kevin J. Stephenson" Subject: Re: Pentium vs Pentium Pro vs Pentium II for SMP In-Reply-To: <199807200612.QAA05896@spooky.eis.net.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 04:12 PM 7/20/98 +1000, you wrote: >> >> 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 only problem is that the Pentium Pro has recently been discontinued from >production so stocks may dry up soon. > >- Ernie. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message > I believe the new Pentium II Xeon chip may allow for quad+ SMP configurations, along with other improvements. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message