[ale] Compaq Reliant web server

[Joseph A. Knapka]

> Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> 
> The IT group here is junking an HP box with my web stuff.  I told them
> I did not want to port to NT, that I preferred to stay with Unix.  I
> suggested Linux as an alternative on an Intel box.  They accept the
> idea.  Hooray!
> 
> They are suggesting a Compact Reliant series server which comes with a
> RED HAT CD.  They want to know if I need dual processors.  Frankly the
> box is only getting about 2,000 hits in a 24 hour period.  The current
> HP 9000 workstation has 256 meg of ram and a single 200 megahertz
> processor.  TOP is usually less than .1 except when I try to tar
> several thousand files over several days and then it jumps to 1.03 or
> so.  There is no discernable on the WEB server.

Just tell 'em a Pentium 150 with 32MB ought to handle the load just
fine.
That ought to raise some eyebrows :-)

> My question is: Am I correct in assuming that an out of the box
> installation of Mandrake 8.0/Red Hat 7.0 or equivalent will not by
> default see two processors?  Don't I have to do a kernel recompile and
> select multi processor?
> 
> John

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