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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!johnhall
- From: johnhall@microsoft.com (John Hall)
- Subject: Re: Multi-processors for NT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.164822.8242@microsoft.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 16:48:22 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1ht963INNnml@falcon.natinst.com>
- Keywords: multi-processor, NT, MP
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- In article karmira@natinst.com (Apostolos Karmirantzos) writes:
- | I am a developer for NT and I am looking to buy a multiprocessor (MP)
- | machine for NT development. But when I saw the prices I almost fainted :-).
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- I've seen decent 3 x '486/33s for about $12,000. You'd have to flip
- through the compatibility list and ask each vendor.
-
- | Did the machine performed well? Does NT speedup at all?
-
- The ones in the lab do very well under load. NT scales at about
- a 90% efficiency. Note the key is 'under load'. An MP machine will
- make something like a SqlSrvr DB scream, but not do a lot for your
- compilers or editor. They are also very good for testing device
- drivers.
-
- | How stable is NT under MP compared with a single processor machine.
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- Less but close. Note you can run the single processor NT on an MP
- if necessary.
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