[NTLUG:Discuss] advice and counsel on an smp kernel migration

Wed Apr 5 19:04:01 CDT 2000

> i am going to be upgrading our production web server shortly, and my
> hardware guru insists that i will get better performance and longer
> useful life from a 2-cpu configuration. the system is running redhat 5.2
> 
> never having done this before, i'm a bit concerned, so i have the
> following questions....
> 
> 1. any bad experience with SMP on the 2.0.36 kernel?
> 
We're running the 2.0.36 kernel on about 500 machines and
it is extremely stable.

> 2. can i gen the kernel now on the uniprocessor system and then replace
> the motherboard?
> 
We run the same SMP kernel on uniprocessor and dual-CPU machines
with no problem.  Our present kernel was built on a 
single processor machine and then copies to all other servers,
including machines with a dual CPU.


Annette

> 3. if the answer to 3 is yes, can i run the new kernel run on the
> existing single cpu motherboard if i decide to dealy the hardware
> upgrade?
> 
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> david camm
> @dvanced web systems
> 
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