Re: Add additional Processors to Server
- From: "AZ Steve" <AZSteve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:05:02 -0700
Can you reinstall the OS over the old installation to preserve the
configeration?
"Andrew Mitchell" wrote:
> =?Utf-8?B?VGVk?= <Ted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said
>
> > Would someone tell me what the benefit & requiremenrts are to adding
> > additional Processor to an existing Windows Server 2003.
> > Ted
> >
>
> If it's already running in SMP mode (ie Already has more than one processor)
> it will work fine. If not you will need to reinstall the OS as the HAL is
> different for SMP installations to that used for a single processor and can't
> be upgraded.
>
> Benefits range from none, to vastly improved performance. It depends on what
> your server is doing and what its current CPU load is.
>
> --
>
> Andy.
>
.
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