> > > offer advice on a subject you don't actually know anything about.
> >
> > if i do tests i don't know anything?
>
> s/if i do tests//

you are TOO SURE about it. and you are wrong.

> > > SMP in NetBSD is currently "giant lock"; only one process can execute in the
> >
> > i was talking about single CPU tests i did.
>
> So, let's see: someone asks you about using a 4-processor machine as a
> fileserver, and you tell him that NetBSD will do better, period -- because,
> after all, you did some unspecified "tests" on a *single-processor machine*.

how many I/O hardware is needed on x86 machine to make one CPU unable to
drive it?

i assume DMA-capable hardware of course.

making 500MB/s traffic?!