Re: dual xeon system

From: jgd@xxxxxxxxx (John Dallman)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:48 +0100 (BST)

In article <vNtQi.6307$oA2.3541@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pete@xxxxxxxxxx
(Pete) wrote:

How will they test out on a 32 bit application? Will the dual xeon
system be any faster than a single processor? Or will they test
the same on 32 bit applications? -Pete

If the application doesn't use multi-threading, having more than one
processor doesn't help. The system may even be slightly slower, as the
two processors will contend for memory to some extent.

The point of multi-processor servers is that they can serve for more
people without slowing down.

--
John Dallman jgd@xxxxxxxxx
"C++ - the FORTRAN of the early 21st century."
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