David Brownlee wrote:
> 
>         Looking to add a bunch of good spec machines to an existing
>         site.  4 * (1GB RAM, dual CPU) behind a load balancing
>         switch.
> 
>         Does anyone have a recommendation for a hosting company
>         with good connectivity and reliability. Obviously I'd prefer
>         NetBSD, but until SMP is in -release I'll take FreeBSD or
>         Linux....

You should note that SMP in -Stable FreeBSD won't give you **any** I/O
performance increases, as the kernel is still protected by a single
"Giant Lock".

so, if your hosts are essentially web servers, you may have a better
performance/price ratio by buying just single-processor boxes (for
example, buying 8 UP boxes instead of 4 SMP)

> 
>                 David/absolute

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Thierry Herbelot