Re: [info-performer] Performer on a Dual Core Dell with SuSe

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From: Donald Tidrow (dtidrow++at++patriot.net)
Date: 12/20/2005 19:55:40

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 17:01, Steve Satterfield wrote:
> Can anyone provide me with any advice on using 32 Bit Performer for Linux on a
> dual core system? We are looking at buying a few 32 Bit Linux machines,
> probably Dell and running SuSe and Performer.
>
> Does having 2 CPUs give you any advantage with regard to Performer. Can the
> 32 Bit Linux distribution do any multi-processing?
>

Short answer - yes and yes.

Performer was designed from the beginning to leverage multiple CPUs, and
basically all current Linux distros have SMP-enabled kernels available.
Usually, an SMP kernel is installed as the default if the installation
tool detects a multi-CPU system, and are often used even on single-CPU
Intel boxes as that's how the kernel deals with hyperthreading.

Don 

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