[ale] Dual Processor Boards & Linux...

[fletch at phydeaux.org (Mike Fletcher)]

>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Brown <matthew.brown at cordata.net> writes:

    Matthew> just for the record...  would apache fall under the
    Matthew> multi-process portion of this last message since it shows
    Matthew> up multiple times in ps ax?

	Most likely yes.  Each request is handled by a separate child
process, so having more processors to run children on would speed up
response time.  Keep in mind though that with a fast enough box and
mostly static content the limiting factor is going to trend away from
CPU time towards your network bandwith (e.g. it does you no good to
stick a 16 processor ultra behind a 56k link :).

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