On Monday 28 November 2005 15:58, the author Wojciech Puchar contributed to the dialogue on- good instability on FreeBSD/amd64 6.0:
>thank all for the answers that made me sure i was reading nonsense. >Now i can install FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 being sure i will get stable (and >fast) system. As stable as my FreeBSD/i386 6.0 system, on which FreeBSD is >the only OS in which 2 CPUs works fine. > >not new hardware, dual PII/400 "Compaq Professional Workstation", on which >NetBSD quickly crashes with SMP enabled, Linux works not much faster than >on one CPU with fast serial working (and i don't like to use linux), >FreeBSD runs fast well using both CPUs >It's easily using up both CPUs for apps under both low and high >disk/network load, so giant locks isn't that a problem now in 6.0. You have raised a topic in which i ave some interest. Right now I need to add another server to my network primarily for compiling and development work but also to run a database of reasonable size (3-4 terabytes of data) but comparatively low access volume and some work with voice sound files and video. The compiling runs will be mainly overnight but I still need it to be fast. I favor a dual processor but am uncertain which processor and or motherboard combination to go for. I will sacrifice speed for reliability. I am in favor of putting in at least 8G of ram so that cuts down the m/b choices and would like to have a reasonable number slots on the mb (I need to support two monitors). Does anyone have an suggestions/ ideas to share? Thanks david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
