Don't know your OS but if you run apache in prefork-mode to will happen "automatically" in that your OS will schedule the instances to run on an idle CPU.
On 11/21/05, Xin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James, > > Thanks for the reply. > > I see what you're saying. Having multiple instances of MapServer taking > advantage of multiple CPUs is great, just what I'm looking for. Will this > be done automatically? That is to say, will new MapServer instances > automatically use other CPUs, or does it require manual setup. Perhaps > Apache 2.0's multithreading abilities will handle this. > > Thanks, > Xin > > On 21/11/05, James Lindstorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The single mapserver process will not be able to take advantage of a > > multi cpu machine. > > > > On the other hand if it's through put you need more instances of > > mapserver can run simultanious om multiple CPU. That is you can serve > > for instance two request at the same time, but the single mapserver > > instance will not gain anything directly by multiple CPU's. > > > > > > > > On 11/21/05, Xin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can MapServer run on multiple cpu machines? This would save us some > money > > > by buying dual cpu machines, rather than single ones. Since we'll be > able > > > to have a lot more processing power for less machines. I was just on > the > > > phone to people at Rackspace, and they tell me the application has to be > > > multithreaded. Is MapServer multithreaded? > > > > > > Also, can mapserver take full advantage of dual cores? I read > somewhere > > > that they are different to dual cpus. Forgive me if they are! > > > > > > Appreciate the help. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Xin > > > > > > >
