Re: Terabytes + database on NT

John Beckerle wrote:
>
> Fuzzy wrote in message <3aafedea.1403217_at_newshost.interact.net.au>...
> >With that much data, and the number of disks to support it (I'd be
> >surprised if you end up with less than 30 to 50 disks, regardless of
> >OS) you'll invariably run into NT's "all I/O on processor zero"
> >bottleneck. Even the best raid config in the world can't get past
> >this.
> >
>
> Could someone supply a link to more information on this I/O bottleneck issue
> with NT (and I assume Win2000 also). I'd like to learn more.
>
> John

I believe this information is incorrect, or at least "outdated".

There was an issue with early Intel-based SMP hardware, which limited IRQs to a single processor. Later versions of hardware, and later APIC chips from Intel, have resolved this. Received on Sun Mar 18 2001 - 09:30:03 CST