Re: Benefits of dual CPU for a web server

From: Ignoramus18155 (ignoramus18155_at_NOSPAM.18155.invalid)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: 24 Jan 2005 17:25:53 GMT

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:37:57 -0500, John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@binaryfoundry.ca> wrote:
> Ignoramus18155 wrote:
>> I am going to buy a new rackmount server for my websites. They will
>> run under Linux. My question is, is there a tangible benefit from
>> using a DUAL CPU, in the context of a webserver, mail server, etc.
>>
>> Seems like yes, but I want to hear from people with some experience.
>
> It all depends on how much traffic you're serving, whether that
> content

About 10-20GB per month

> is dynamic or static (dynamic content takes more CPU power, obviously),

Almost all dynamic, perl, mod_perl, Embperl, plus pictures.

This machine is also a heavily loaded mailserver, tens of thousands of
messages per day.

> how fast your connection to the Internet is (a single modern CPU can
> easily max out a slow connection) and many other factors.

I will colocate it, so, it will be fast enough connection.

> If you're serving just web content, you can serve up a fair bit with
> just one CPU. OTOH, if the one machine is your webserver, your mail
> server, and your database server, then obviously dual CPUs will be
> of more benefit than if you were serving the same amount of web
> content from a dedicated box with other dedicated boxes for the
> other tasks.

How stable is dual CPU under linux. I do not want unpleasant
surprises.

Thanks!

i 

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