At 02:11 PM 3/1/2000 +0000, Mark Landin wrote:
>On 28 Feb 2000 22:02:22 GMT, [log in to unmask] (47u) wrote:
> >
> >The jump from the /800 to /1000 is due to new software features that
> >are only enabled on 10-way and 12-way systems running 6.5.
> >
>
>Like what? And why can't they be enabled on fewer CPUs?

I suspect they are hardware-related performance issues due to the
complexity in handling more processors efficiently and probably
don't apply to lower processor counts.  There is probably some level
of trade-off whereby the cost of the longer execution paths impacts
the overall performance level of the lower processor configuration,
whereby this same cost actually benefits the overall performance level
above a certain processor threshold.  It would appear that HP has
determined that threshold to be between 8 and 10 processors.....

Just my $.02 (and it's probably not worth that...:-)


/jf
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