On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 01:18:41PM +0000, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > Anyone using Linux on anything with lots of CPU's? Attempt to do > searches for 'linux smp' on google tends to get me documents last > updated in 1997. > > I used to run it happily on 2 CPU's, but I wondered if anyone was doing > it seriously on more than 4.
Seen it run fine on 2 and 4 way Intel setups. Long periods of time doing moderately hard work. Haven't tried more than that.. Never really had a task that was suited to it, really. Just started spreading across more servers instead, which gets you other bonuses too. For >4 way, Intel architecture probably isn't the way to go. Moving on to something else -- I remember AMD claiming that the K7 stuff used EV6 interconnects or something, and so should work a lot better than the Pentium for SMP. Has anyone actually gone out and compared performance of 2,4,etc way setups? (Is there even >2-CPU AMD boards out there?) tjc -- Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
