multiprocessor capable??
Bishop, Dean
dean.bishop at tcdsb.org
Thu Sep 26 17:24:06 CEST 2002
sweetness. thanks guys
-----Original Message-----
From: Ewan Leith [mailto:ejl at man.fwltech.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:23 AM
To: 'Bishop, Dean'
Cc: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] multiprocessor capable??
Linux will allocate the processes as the are generated to one or other cpu
without your intervention. the central nagios process will always run on
just 1 cpu, but all your checks and cgi processes (plus of course apache)
will balance out over the 2 cpus.
Ewan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bishop, Dean [mailto:dean.bishop at tcdsb.org]
> Sent: 26 September 2002 15:58
> To: 'jmarquart at planalytics.com'
> Cc: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] multiprocessor capable??
>
>
> cool.
>
> sorry i am not very familiar with SMP.
>
> i understand that A) linux can deal with SMP and B) nagios
> forks it's checks
> as individual processes .
>
> Here is where i need clarification. If Nagios is forking
> theses checks off
> as individual processes does that mean that it is the OS's
> responsibility to
> allocate the processes (aka checks) to the processors?
>
> thanks,
> dean
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jmarquart at planalytics.com [mailto:jmarquart at planalytics.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:18 AM
> To: Bishop, Dean
> Cc: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] multiprocessor capable??
>
>
>
>
> sure it is.
>
> nagios can run many checks concurrently. since it forks off these
> processes, it
> is up to the SMP implementation to handle which processor to run on.
>
> Thus - nagios should be able to run on asmany processors as you like.
>
> -j
>
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> "Bishop, Dean" <dean.bishop at tcdsb.org> on 09/26/2002 09:44:33 AM
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> To: "'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'"
> <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> cc: (bcc: John J. der Schalla Marquart/Planalytics)
>
> Subject: [Nagios-users] multiprocessor capable??
>
>
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>
> Good morning all,
>
> Does nagios take advantage of dual processors?? i am in a bind
> right now in that my sandbox has been working too well. Alas, it has
> reached it's limit. My options, an old dual-processor P-II
> 350 or a P-III
> 400.
>
>
> thanks,
> dean
>
>
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