Hi,
Although this isn't strictly an SMP question, I know that there
are Poweredge users here who have probably run into this same problem.
I've got a Dell Poweredge 6300 (1Gb, Quad Xeon (using two CPUs)) that
includes the PERC raid controller. The system is intended as a Sybase
database server and we've had disappointing benchmarks so far with NT so
I've finally convinced the "powers that be" that we should repeat our
tests with linux.
I have downloaded the boot.img and supp.img from
ftp.megatrends.com. Boot.img is apparrently a patched RH boot disk that
will handle the PERC, and the megatrends documentation basically say
that you should boot from the image and install linux normally, but I
get a kernel panic (syncer) right after the kernel decompresses. About
the only other thing that I've tried is to disable the PERC bios but
that didn't help either.
I'd appreciate tips and/or pointers! I'm really looking
forward to seeing Sybase fly on this machine.
Ob-SMP: Anyone have any anecdotes about the SMP vs non-SMP performance
of Sybase?
Regards,
Gary Huntress
Code 833
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Newport, RI 02841
1-800-669-6892 x28990 or x22080
http://www.nyx.net/~ghuntres/superid.html
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