SV: SV: Multiple cpu?

[Julian Field]

At 13:00 18/09/2002, you wrote:
>Just so Im sure of what you mean.
>I wont run multiple instances on the mailserver, I
>just want to be able to use the extra process speed from 2 cpu's?

You can just set the number of child processes you want to run. This will 
then use all the CPU's it can get. My first speed test was done with 12 
child processes on a 2 CPU system.


>/Anders
>
> > -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> > Från: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> > Skickat: den 18 september 2002 13:44
> > Till: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Ämne: Re: SV: Multiple cpu?
> >
> >
> > At 11:35 18/09/2002, you wrote:
> > >On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Anders Andersson, IT wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks, then I order more horse power to the comp
> > > > and do an upgrade when v.4 is here.
> > >
> > >I don't recall if version 4 is supposed to be multithreaded
> > or not, but
> > >the ability to run multiple instances of mailscanner, or
> > even just two,
> > >will be a Very Good Thing. Probably a lot more valuable than
> > >multithreadedness. My guess is it's more of an IO and
> > scheduling thing
> > >than CPU horsepower.
> >
> > It's not strictly multi-threaded but it is multi-process.
> > --
> > Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
> > jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
> > Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
> >                              Southampton SO17 1BJ
> >

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Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
                             Southampton SO17 1BJ