[TriLUG] linux, processors, threads...and more

[Christopher L Merrill]

Let's say I have an application that is fairly processor-intensive - which
means when it is running, it's using at least 50-75% of the available CPU.
It is also very thread intensive - running minimum of 500 threads, up to
well over a thousand.  BTW, it's a Java program...and would be running on a
current Linux kernel, such as RHES4.

I am curious if I should expect to get better performance from, for instance:
1) a slower dual-processor machine, e.g. dual 1.4GHz PIII
2) a faster single-processor machine, e.g. 2.6GHz P4

I realize any answer would have about a zillion caveats, but is
there any generally accepted wisdom along these lines?

TIA,
C


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