Re: Dual processors?

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36218
interpreted = N
texte = > I'm trying to decide if it's worth the money to upgrade my server to one of > the new dual processor G-4's. > > We're only doing about a million page requests a month, but most of them > cause searches of db's from 1.5 to 20 megs. > > Has anyone made this upgrade yet? Will it make any appreciable difference > in performance?I don't believe that it will have any effect whatsoever, it would require the webserver software to support dual processors and the webstar plugin api would also have to allow access to both processors.My personal opinion is to wait for OS X and then look at dual (maybe quad) processor machines when you will see an appreciable increase in performance. Focus on ram and fast hard drives for now, we noticed a significant improvement just moving to OS X Server from MacOS 9.-Jason Tyler www.3ip.net ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Dual processors? (Jay Gonzales 2000)
  2. Re: Dual processors? (Jason Tyler 2000)
  3. Re: Dual processors? (Paul Uttermohlen 2000)
  4. Dual processors? (Phil Herring 2000)
> I'm trying to decide if it's worth the money to upgrade my server to one of > the new dual processor G-4's. > > We're only doing about a million page requests a month, but most of them > cause searches of db's from 1.5 to 20 megs. > > Has anyone made this upgrade yet? Will it make any appreciable difference > in performance?I don't believe that it will have any effect whatsoever, it would require the webserver software to support dual processors and the webstar plugin api would also have to allow access to both processors.My personal opinion is to wait for OS X and then look at dual (maybe quad) processor machines when you will see an appreciable increase in performance. Focus on ram and fast hard drives for now, we noticed a significant improvement just moving to OS X Server from MacOS 9.-Jason Tyler www.3ip.net ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Jason Tyler

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