On Thu, 6 May 2004, Adrian Wu wrote:

Just wondering if we can run 9.1 Prof on a 4-way box. Have anyone actually tried it?

I haven't tried it, but there's no reason why a SMP-kernel shouldn't handle four cpus as well as two. This is a question about the linux kernel, not SuSE specifically. And the linux kernel have been able to handle four cpus without problems for quite some time - I have a few of those myself. The problem with multi-cpu boxes isn't the cpus, but may be all the other funny stuff one tends to put in them to have them work as a server - RAID-controller, in particular, is something you need to be careful in chosing. Bjørn -- Bjørn Tore Sund Phone: (+47) 555-84894 Stupidity is like a System administrator Fax: (+47) 555-89672 fractal; universal and Math. Department Mobile: (+47) 918 68075 infinitely repetitive. University of Bergen VIP: 81724 Support: system@mi.uib.no Contact: teknisk@mi.uib.no Direct: bjornts@mi.uib.no