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From: "David Boreham" <david_list@boreham.org>
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 14:11:29 +0000
Subject: Re: [LARTC] SMP in regards to routing/filtering
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> > Just wondering if it's worth grabbing an extra processor for the box, or
if
> > it will largely go unused.

It is also possible that two processors will be _slower_ than one,
due to contention. So it will be worthwhile to test with one CPU
disabled (UP kernel) just to see what happens.



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