* J.C. Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-08 10:26]: > Now think to yourself on this one. You've got 60 tunnels that must be > serviced by the processor. A single threaded processor with limited > cache and task switching (i.e. Celeron) is the wrong choice if not the > worst choice you could make. The fake multi-core Intel stuff called > "Hyper Threading" is a small step in the right direction. Next up would > be real multi-core processors, and lastly, your best choice is having > multiple multi-core processors.
no. there is no benefit from SMP in this case. -- BS Web Services, http://www.bsws.de/ OpenBSD-based Webhosting, Mail Services, Managed Servers, ... Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)