Quick question.
Paul Jakma
paul at clubi.ie
Sun Aug 1 15:03:50 UTC 2004
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Michel Py wrote:
> For PCs I install dual Xeons on every production machine for
> example, even though the CPU power needed for some is a 486;
What a mad idea.
Intel dont do fault-tolerant SMP.
Running SMP will lower your MTBF just by fact that you now have 2
CPUs. Then there's fact that you're far more likely to hit bugs in OS
with SMP than uniproc.
SMP for reliability? Unless it's a multi-million zSeries, What a mad
idea...
> Michel.
regards,
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