[72907] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Quick question.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Jakma)
Sun Aug 1 11:04:38 2004
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 16:03:50 +0100 (IST)
From: Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie>
To: Michel Py <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
Cc: Alexei Roudnev <alex@relcom.net>, Nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <DD7FE473A8C3C245ADA2A2FE1709D90B0DB31F@server2003.arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Michel Py wrote:
> For PCs I install dual Xeons on every production machine for
> example, even though the CPU power needed for some is a 486;
What a mad idea.
Intel dont do fault-tolerant SMP.
Running SMP will lower your MTBF just by fact that you now have 2
CPUs. Then there's fact that you're far more likely to hit bugs in OS
with SMP than uniproc.
SMP for reliability? Unless it's a multi-million zSeries, What a mad
idea...
> Michel.
regards,
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