On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Ryan Rodrigue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the super quick reply. I thought as much, but just wanted to > confirm. Is there a limit to the number of processors it supports? Will a > dual zeon quad core (8 processors) work? i really don't have a need for > that much, but I was just curious while I have you here.
*work* - yes. There is a point of diminishing returns since PF (the packet filter we use) is under the Giant lock in FreeBSD. There certainly is a performance boost going past one CPU (not linearly scaled to the number of cores however), not sure if you'll see it with HyperThreading or not though - the FreeBSD SMP scheduler isn't exactly optimized for HTT. --Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
