On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 21:41 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What the heck does an MTA do that would make P4-specific binaries > > run so much faster than the standard 386 binaries? > > > > All it does it move big chunks of bytes around from sockets to > > files and back again. > > No kidding. I tend to find that putting faster hard drives tends to > give the best speed improvements with MTAs.
An Hitachi 3TB SAN with 6GB of cache, with dual/redundant HBAs and Brocade switches would make it *really* fast... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a man and a dog." Mark Twain
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