[TriLUG] Questions about Threading

[John F Davis]

Hello

I stand corrected on the number of intel cpu's in a box.  After I saw the
bit about 16 cpu's, I went and asked one of my colleagues.  He said he had
heard of boxes supporting more than 4 but he didn't know the upper limit.
He said 8 or 16 maybe the upper limit.  However, what is the upper limit
for Sun boxes? I'm pretty sure they shipped some 256 cpu monsters and that
is the point about their more complex (slower)  threads.  They are slower
(compared to linux)  on boxes with a few cpu's, but with many cpu's they
scream.

JD

Thanks for the odslab url.




Adrian Likins <alikins at redhat.com>@trilug.org on 03/26/2002 10:54:11 PM

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 <stuff snipped>

 I've seen reports of 12,16,20, 24 and such on other
odd arches, but I seriously doubt anyone has those in production
state. Seems like 2.4 supports 16 processor ia64 boxes on some
of the various public linux boxes floating about (I think
http://www.osdlab.org/ has a 16 available for public testing...)


Adrian
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