multiprocessor capable??

[Ewan Leith]

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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Bishop, Dean" <dean.bishop at tcdsb.org> on 09/26/2002 09:44:33 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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??
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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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