FreeBSD 7 on old SMP server?

[vermaden]

> Hi list,
> 
> I have an old netfinity 7000 (Quad PIII 500, 1Gb RAM) running 6.2
> at the moment. I was wondering if it will take benefit of all the
> SMP improvement of 7 or is it too old? It runs a few postgresql
> databases, peak loads in the 2 to 4 range.
> 
> As I do not have another equivalent machine, I prefer to ask before
> trying myself.
> 
> I quite happy with the performances of my laptop (centrino duo)
> under 7, and hope my old server will be as happy as my laptop.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> --
> MaXX 

FreeBSD 7 will be doing a lot better there, since FreeBSD 6 does not scale so well.

You may want to check these:
http://blog.insidesystems.net/articles/2007/04/11/more-is-better
http://blog.insidesystems.net/articles/2007/04/11/postgresql-scaling-on-6-2-and-7-0
http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/4cpu-pgsql.png
http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/p3.png

Regards
vermaden


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