TCP/IP process distibution

[Lisa Amedeo]

      I am a systems manager and consultant at FERMILAB.  One of the
      departments I work with wants to set up a file server in a 
      heterogeneous environment - SGI, SUN, IBM and DEC "UNIX" boxes
      involved.  One of the SGI's is a 4D/240 and it is currently being
      decided if this box should be the file server. While discussing this
      issue, a co-worker recalled being told, by an SGI rep, that TCP/IP
      would not distribute it's processes on a mutiple cpu'd system.  In
      other words all TCP/IP processes run on a single CPU no matter how
      many CPU's are available.  The advantages of using the 4D/240 as the 
      file server would be drastically reduced if this information is
      correct. 

      If this is true, what are the implications for file serving and 
      for X applications run remotely?  


      FYI the 4D/240 is currently running 3.3.1 of the OS.  

                                            

                                              Lisa







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