> The answer is "no" the operating system determines the processor > usage. When processor 1 is all used up, then the OS instructs the > system to begin using both processors to carry the load. Only one > processor is used during minimal usage.
This might have been true for earlier OS's, but NT and 2000 definitely take advantage of multi-processors All of our servers (apart from one which is about to be upgraded) run on 2 processors and when a "heavy" request or multiple requests come in, you can see both processors "bobble" with responses >From speaking to an Intel rep at DevCon 2000, they had an 8 processor machine there to demonstrate that CF would happily work with that many processors - I think he gave some stats that it worked out that each additional processor gave roughly a 60% increase in speed compared to a single processor - thus 2 procs=160%, 3 procs=220% etc. I've noticed a MARKED increase in speed on servers with dual processors after the 2nd is installed... On a side note, we also never put below 640Mb RAM into any of the servers, it's not worth going below 512Mb these days... We now build new machines to 1Gb RAM Philip Arnold Technical Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 www.aspmedia.co.uk www.aspevents.net An ISO9001 registered company. ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
