Hi Kevin,
TRy,
[aid@ram aid]# vmstat 5
procs memory swap io system
cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id
1 0 0 0 3100 8332 49624 0 0 1 1 102 25 0 0 100
0 0 0 0 3096 8332 49624 0 0 0 8 184 476 2 1 97
0 0 0 0 3176 8236 49592 0 0 0 0 173 514 5 1 95
And see what the output gives, should give some indiction if any of our
current resources are a big bottleneck..
Cheers,
aid
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Kevin J Collins wrote:
> Hi -
>
> Hopefully a simple question. Would there be any benefit to
> exim's performance if I add a 2nd cpu to my mail servers (and,
> upgrading the linux to support SMP)? Or would I be better
> spending the money on more memory/gigabit ethernet card/holiday
> abroad ...
>
> (Currently running exim 2.12 on a Dell 4300 w. a single pentium
> II/450MHz cpu).
>
> Any thoughts, reflections, etc. most welcome as I'm a bit at-sea
> with smp.
>
> TIA
>
>
> Kevin Collins
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