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Bo Berglund wrote: > On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 17:50:49 +0100, "Marcel Stör" > <marcel at frightanic.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We're considering to move our CVS to a new server. Two questions are >> currently bugging us: >> >> - can we expect to gain a performance boost if using a server with >> multiple CPUs? > > I think I remember that Tony has stated that CVSNT does not benefit > for dual processors. OTOH I have a test server with a dual core > Pentium processor, which mostly appears as a dual CPU. It works well ...which means that we might give it a shot. > even though I have no clue to how one can determine "performance"... Well, I look at it pragmatically: would a dual-CPU based CVSNT server be able to process more requests/operations than the same system with a single CPU? Your answer suggest "yes, it would". >> - are there any traps we should be aware of if we move the CVS >> directory from the old server (i.e. disk/file system) to the new one? > > If the new server is going to run the same operating system (W2000 > Server for example) I see no problem at all. You can even put the new > server into DNS under the same name as the old one and the users won't > notice a difference. We would either go from W2K Server to W2K Server or - if possible??? - to W2300 Server. >> Thanks for your kind help or links to documents that address our >> questions. > For installing/configuring CVSNT on Win 2003 Server: > http://web.telia.com/~u86216177/InstallCVSNT25.html > > For enabling CVSNT Auditing: > http://web.telia.com/~u86216177/CVSNTAuditing.html Thanks for the hints. -- Marcel Stör www.frightanic.com -> free Sudoku mailing service