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To: Paul Engel who wrote (120089)	7/11/2000 2:34:27 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (4) of 1574005

Paul, Re: Clearly, SMP isn't a priority for you - nor is performance - since SMP motherboards and CPUs and Operating systems are available today. My personal experience with SMP systems is null. However, a few years ago I was working on a SQL based project where one of the more knowledgeable veterans spoke of trying SMP machines (using NT 4.0). His bottom line was that it was a waste of money and recommended adding more ram vs more processors to increase performance. He spoke of NT not handling two processors efficiently resulting in "processor thrashing" where the OS spent too much time deciding which processor it was going to use for what. Net result was same (or even lower) performance. Is Linux more effecient at managing SMP? Why were early Athlons beating SMP Celerons? Kindest regards, CrazyMan

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