Greg Folkert wrote: > ... > Or how about a multi-threaded App server running hundreds(thousands in > some cases) of servlets a minute... I admin'd a 32 Processor, 32GB of > Memory machine that was capable of running a couple of thousand servlets > a minute. > > The load average on this machine usually stood at about 120-150 on a > busy day. On rush days, sometime 270+. With no effect on inter-active > logins or performance... though I did have to re-configure some of the > other services to accept connections at high LA. (like the MTA)
I was speaking only for us povo sysadmins with single CPUs. :-) -- Paul <http://paulgear.webhop.net> -- Did you know? Email addresses can be forged easily. This message is signed with GNU Privacy Guard <http://www.gnupg.org> and Enigmail <http://enigmail.mozdev.org> so you can be sure it comes from me.
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