Re: maximum/optimal # of SMP CPUs between 2.2 and 2.4

From: Dr. Kelsey Hudson (kernel@blackhole.compendium-tech.com)
Date: Wed Aug 09 2000 - 16:55:58 EST


> Management overview of Linux scalability at webserving:
>
> CPU Score Scaling
> 1 1270 100%
> 2 2200 86.6%
> 4 4200 82.7%
> 8 6387 62.9%
>
> Management overview of NT scalability at webserving:
>
> CPU Score Scaling
> 1 732 100%
> 4 1598 54.6%
>
> so it can be argued that Linux scales to 8 CPUs better than NT scales
> to 4 CPUs. Have a look at the site yourself for all the `this is a
> benchmark it is only a benchmark, share prices may go down as well as
> up, may contain nuts' disclaimers, but the benchmarks were conducted on
> identical hardware, as far as I can see.

Actually, reading that it appears to me that Linux scales to 2 CPUs better
than NT scales to 4... Compare 2200 to 1598...

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