[buug] multiprocessing?

[f.johan.beisser]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Karshi wrote:

> I run P4DC6+ motherboard (Supermicro) with one CPU (Xeon-1.8Ghz), and have
> a plan to put second one if there is a good reason for it.

the only reason for having a second CPU is if you're doing very math
intensive applications, or need to use a second CPU for handling large
databases.

> I am wondering if FreeBSD take any advantage of multiprocessors.

yes.

> I know that it does support SMPs ( so does Windows2000 or Linux), but
> am not sure if how much better it works compare other OS's.

FreeBSD is fast, very fast. SMP doesn't always improve your compiling
times, nor will it nessassarily make your machine noticably faster (bus
speed, RAM speed, and DISK I/O will affect that first). what it will do,
though, is increase the available CPU for handling applications.

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