[KLUG Members] Dual Pentium Pros

[Brian Ritz]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Adam Bultman wrote:

>Okay then: here's a neat-o thing:  I was just offered a Dual PII-333
>motherboard with procs for 40 bucks "paid only if it works". This is a
>definate step up; this will outperform (most likely) my one workstation
>now (which is a single 500).
>
>Howver, it lacks a VRM. Does it *need* it? I have *no* info regarding
>setting up dual machines. 
Yes you need a VRM unless you are only running one processor. 
 Where can I get them, assuming I can at all?
I have a couple different PPro machines one came with a VRM and the other 
two I had to search all over for them. The only consistent place I found 
them were at Ebay, but make you get the correct one for your motherboard. 

>Are they standard along manufacturers, speeds, etc?  I'm lost.  I'm hoping
>I can get a VRM for like, 30 bucks.  That would kick me from single
>ppro 200 (which just sits around) to a dual 333 PII box, which is useful
>for other things.
>
Yes a dual 333 PII is the home machine for us at whitemice.  We will have 
three to four people on at once and notice no problems. 
>
>
>--
>Adam Bultman
>adam@glaven.org
>[ http://www.glaven.org ]
>
>On 3 Apr 2002, Bruce Smith wrote:
>
>> > Okay: Does anyone here have dual pentium pro linux boxes?
>>
>> Yes, I have a couple at work, and have run Linux on them.
>>
>> > ... and I want to know how they perform.
>>
>> I'm quite happy with the performance.  Of course it depends on what
>> you're doing.  If this is a desktop, typically running one process at a
>> time, SMP may not be give you much of a boost.  If it's a server running
>> a lot of things, you should notice a fair improvement.
>>
>> > If they don't perform that well, I'll save my money.
>>
>> I wouldn't spend much money for anything that old, especially with
>> today's hardware prices.  But if you can pickup a board cheap, why not!
>>
>> > P.S.  Should I guy a special power supply for it?  Right now it's probably
>> > got a 250 in it.
>>
>> No idea.
>>
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>> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
>> System Administrator / Network Administrator
>> Armstrong International, Inc.
>> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
>> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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