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-----Original Message----- From: Douglas Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:31 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Performance boost with Upgrade to dual processor ?? I hear ya man, I am wore out. I would love for ya to prove me wrong or prove yourself right, but I been doing this for a loooooooong time. "Success is a journey, not a destination!!" Doug Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:22 AM Subject: RE: Performance boost with Upgrade to dual processor ?? > It says it is optimized for multiple processors. I remember reading > somewhere that it is full time, again I may be wrong. Just the same though > what is your source of this information? I mean there should be a document > out there somewhere that proves one of us right. > > I'll keep looking man, damn it's late :) > > Tim Heald > ACP/CCFD > Application Development > www.schoollink.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:25 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Performance boost with Upgrade to dual processor ?? > > > Tim > > All that says is that win2000 has the support of up to 32 > processors and x amount of memory. It says nothing in regards to > the use of the processor. > > > > "Success is a journey, not a destination!!" > > > > Doug Brown > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:15 AM > Subject: RE: Performance boost with Upgrade to dual processor ?? > > > > That's wrong man, This is off of msdn: > > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/d > nsql2k/htm > > l/megasrvs.asp > > > > Here is the piece that pertains: > > > > Symmetric Multiprocessors > > SMP gives vertical growth from small processors to MegaServers > by adding > > more processors, disks, and peripherals to a single system. > Beyond a certain > > point, this growth involves replacing existing equipment with a > different > > system model > > > > Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) grows a server by adding > multiple processors > > to a single shared memory. The system grows by adding memory, > disks, network > > interfaces, and processors. SMP is the most popular way to scale > beyond a > > single processor. The SMP software model, often called the > shared memory > > model, runs a single copy of the operating system with > application processes > > running as if they were on a single processor system. SMP > systems are > > relatively easy to program. They also leverage the benefits of > > industry-standard software and hardware components. > > > > Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 are > designed to scale > > well on SMP systems. They can use up to 32 processors for some > applications > > but the practical limits for general-purpose use today are: > > > > Eight processors > > 32 gigabytes of main memory > > 10 TB of protected storage (300 36-GB disk drives configured as > 60 hardware > > RAID sets and 10 logical volumes) > > 50,000 active clients accessing a SQL Server through the IIS Web > server or > > some transaction monitor > > These are the maximum sizes Microsoft has seen. Typical large > servers are > > half this size or less. With time, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows > 2000, and > > hardware technology will evolve to support even larger > configurations. > > > > > > Tim Heald > > ACP/CCFD > > Application Development > > www.schoollink.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:12 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Performance boost with Upgrade to dual processor ?? > > > > > > I know for a fact that SQL 7 can take advantage multiple > processors. You > > have to be careful though, I am not sure but you may have to get > another > > license. > > > > Tim Heald > > ACP/CCFD > > Application Development > > www.schoollink.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Innit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:11 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Performance boost with Upgrade to dual processor ?? > > > > > > is this true for SQL server too? can SQL Server be configured to > utilize > > the extra CPU ? > > > > > > At 03:09 PM 4/24/2002, Douglas Brown wrote: > > >The answer is "no" the operating system determines the > processor > > >usage. When processor 1 is all used up, then the OS instructs > the > > >system to begin using both processors to carry the load. Only > one > > >processor is used during minimal usage. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Success is a journey, not a destination!!" > > > > > > > > > > > >Doug Brown > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "John Innit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:14 PM > > >Subject: Performance boost with Upgrade to dual processor ?? > > > > > > > > > > Running a IIS 5.0 / WIN2K Server and CF 4.5.1 on a P3 500 > with > > >512KB RAM, > > > > our DB server is also a P3 500 with 512KB RAM running WIN2K > and > > >SQL SERVER > > > > 2000. > > > > > > > > I'm thinking of upgrading to dual processors (another P3 > 500) > > >on both the > > > > web server and DB server and want to know if there is any > way in > > >which I > > > > can maximize the performance boost. I heard that the extra > > >processor may or > > > > may not boost CF the web server performance, and alot > depends on > > >how the > > > > application is designed. Is this true ? Is there any way I > can > > >optimize my > > > > application and CF server to harness the extra benefits of > the > > >new processor? > > > > > > > > I heard the the SQL server will definitely see a performance > > >boost but the > > > > CF server may or may not depending on how it was designed... > > > > > > > > any suggestions. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > _ > > >____ > > > > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with > the > > >latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > > >http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > > > > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > > > > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ > > > > Unsubscribe: > > >http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > ____ > > This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by > CFHosting.com. 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