Re: second CPU on SBS2003 ?

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From: herman bernaerts (herber49_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:26:53 +0200

Here is more info about the hardware :
    HD configuration : RAID 5, four U160 SCSI drives 10000 rpm (three
active, one spare)
    Number of users : 35
    Memory : ECC SDRAM 133 Mhz (the maximum of 2GB is already installed)
    Motherboard : ServerWorks ServerSet LE III chipset, FSB 133 MHz

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:OUTa9WSWEHA.4056@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> probably, but not much from a network perspective.
>
> Performing tasks at the server would probably be more responsive with a
2nd
> CPU and I don't know about you but if I have to wait a few extra seconds
for
> a window to appear on the server at the RARE times anyone uses it I don't
> really give a stuff.
>
> With your CPU usage floating 40-70% a 2nd CPU will possibly speed things
> slightly but no more.
>
> What sort of HDD subsystem? IDE?SATA?SCSI?RAID?
> How many users?
> What motherboard?
>
> A fully implemented SBS performs many tasks and needs to perform them
> simultaneously constantly. CPU demands are normally a much lower factor
than
> IO, bus IO, HDD IO, network IO, any IO.
>
>
> "herman bernaerts" <herber49@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uGmfjLSWEHA.2716@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > We have SBS2003 Premium running on a Dell PowerEdge 1400SC.
> > The system was initially not very fast.
> > We added already some RAM (2GB now), its getting faster already.
> >
> > The motherboard provides dual CPU support..
> > For the moment, only one CPU is present (P3 1,4MHz)
> >
> > Is it worth to install a second CPU ?
> > The CPU usage normally gives round 40%, sometimes peaking to 70%, never
> > 100%.
> > Will we see a performance boost with a second CPU ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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