[Gllug] re: running dual cpu's / smp

[Henrik Morsing]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, t.clarke wrote:

> Can't comment on running smp linux, but we do run smp Unix (SCO !).
>
> Basically nothing to learn; it just runs.
>
> SCO provide a utility which shows what each cpu load is; presumambly linux
> does similarly.

Yes it does.

> Far as I can see there is no advantage of running two processors over one
> unless you have a number of cpu-gobbling tasks running simultaneously.
> I believe that certain device drivers will only run on the base cpu.

I think the driver thing was solved years ago. I've got a dual PII and
it's exactly twice as fast as with only one CPU. Very nice.

> We run two cpu's mainly so no given task can hog the machine - thus ensuring
> decent response times even during 'peak' usage.

Hmm... Isn't that what work load managers do? Or doesn't SCO have one?

> PS:  on a totally different matter re another post,   surely 10' barge poles
> have now been replaced by 3 metre ones ??

I don't know. Have they?
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