Performance question

[Tony Finch]

Alan Fiebig <mailscanner at ELKNET.NET> wrote:
>
>Now, as to the question of is that too many... How many is too many? If
>According to the docs, the number of children is based on the number of
>processors.
>
>Is it the actual number of procesors, or is it the amount of resulting
>processing power? Can a quad processor with a 300MHZ pent II handle more
>children than a single 2.4GHZ pent 4?

Actual number of processors. If you have too many children per CPU then
the OS will waste too much time on context switching and scheduling. I
wouldn't run more than four per CPU, and less if you are restricted by
the amount of RAM in the machine.

Tony.
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