"Michael D. Ober" <obermd.@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
news:8cSTc.23379$9Y6.19835@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...

I agree with Martin that 512Kb L2 cache is insufficient to run multiple

WUs

simultaneously.  The problem is that the client requires close to 500Kb of
working memory.  Increasing this requirement will incur a major penalty in
L2 cache misses.

Mike Ober.

Mike,

Sorry to jump in with a question, but can you help on two queries about
running SETI Driver + SETI CLI:

1) I have a file server PC with dual Pentium 3 Xeon 700MHz CPU's - each has
1Mb L2 cache, which I have set to run 2 processes - currently the WU's are
processed in about 6 hrs each. So I get about * WU's per day.

Can this PC run more than 2 processes at the same time? Your implication
from this thread is that a single CPU with 1Mb or more L2 cache can run more
than 1 process. Hence with a dual Xeon w/1Mb, can I run 4?

2) Have tried to find out if "set affinity" is of much use with a dual CPU
and had no luck finding out what benefits putting a "tick" in the box
actually does. Can you advise what it is meant to do?

rgds and thanx for a fine program in SETI Driver.

H.