i'd like to know how you could possibly get 2 K5-166s to work together, from what I've read AMD CPUs have never supported intel's SMP spec, and never will due to intels patents. AMD apparently supports a SMP spec called OpenPIC (i think?) but no boards support it ..
nate On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Michelle Konzack wrote: staron >Hello, staron > staron >I was running a Web-Server on a GigaByte GA 586 HX with a Intel Pentium 200. staron >Now I am using a GigaByte GA 586 DX which is a Dual-Pentium. OK, I have no staron >two Pentium 200 but two AMD K5-166 and I have tried tu use them. staron > staron >The Two-K5-166 version is fast as a P II with 500 MHz. staron > staron >With the kernel 2.2.13 is the multiprocessor system no problem. staron > staron >You can get Dual-Pentiums with CPU's much cheaper as a P700. staron >I have payed around 80 US$ for the Mainboard and the CPU's. staron > staron >Michelle staron > staron >P.S.: If I get a second Intel Pentium 200, my Web-Server will be overkill staron > for my small Network which has a 2 MBit cable modem to the INet. staron > staron > staron >At 17:19 28.01.2000 +1100, you wrote staron >--------> This was the original Message: staron >>Hi, staron >> I am going to set up a new server which will serve pretty much staron >> everything except www. At the moment, it has a P166, and the staron >> load avg is around about 5. The highest once reached to 22. staron >> staron >> In Australia here, the price of getting two P550 and one P700 is staron >> roughly the same. So should I get two slower CPUs, or one fast staron >> CPU. Which case will the server run faster/perform better? staron >> staron >> Thanks in advance. staron >> staron >>Shao. staron >> staron >--------> The Reply begins not here, it is at the beginning ^ staron > staron > staron >-- staron >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null staron > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:23am up 161 days, 19:31, 2 users, load average: 1.08, 1.07, 1.06
