From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS33070 50.56.128.0/17 X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 X-Original-To: archivist@yhbt.net Delivered-To: archivist@dcvr.yhbt.net Received: from rubyforge.org (50-56-192-79.static.cloud-ips.com [50.56.192.79]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5F21F732 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:25:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE2026304F; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:25:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org Delivered-To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org X-Greylist: delayed 480 seconds by postgrey-1.31 at rubyforge; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:25:48 UTC Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E327263046 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:25:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id B298320F92 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:17:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:17:43 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= airbladesoftware.com; h=from:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:date:subject:to:message-id :mime-version; s=mesmtp; bh=azRIHfPvpvrnrfr63F8jXoRGSlk=; b=FdWJ 2RWAhbVsX+XEqYxFuPO8MDIfcFtgTy9yrRAyKnaZ5Wb0eoDdXMRM6eChpnoisr4I j64huPWZ/Xq20t2WEqPtU1wJay1UTUH/zRTObrWrL/4UIEiucvlAbLbBJ0LwDx7h oE5HkwFiE2ywZwJ1muf6FWtCgXwazDJBS3QHdRU= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=from:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:date:subject:to:message-id :mime-version; s=smtpout; bh=azRIHfPvpvrnrfr63F8jXoRGSlk=; b=uXZ FORXNApnR+6OMHu/FWjSwLlzAs4dA7Ea1KiITnTEyuOaSHAIjbSZo5UHXpavh1Px 9t4wKpCsBnrc33IF/9IoEPShbKW5RDGxeZ5VYkxeaaeZtXQOGpO6EyHzXGvgNow2 I545E8wIAOdZEBqN1A0nj+SKMBlZZ5mVG3KRfo8E= X-Sasl-enc: wNPdN8lVg2QKBS0Wm6SxcX+G7snJa8doa7UC8HqMjEoa 1353320263 Received: from [192.168.88.252] (unknown [80.146.246.2]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2605D8E0551; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:17:43 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Stewart Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:17:41 +0100 Subject: Number of worker processes on hyperthreaded processor To: unicorn list Message-Id: <39816208-25A9-4F8E-A0E0-51621F9C4D5A@airbladesoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-BeenThere: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Errors-To: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Good morning, The tuning page says worker_processes should be at least the number of CPU cores on a dedicated server. In the case of hyper-threading, should this be the number of cores or the number of threads? For example the Intel Core i7-2600 Quadcore[1] has 4 cores and 8 threads. Would I start my worker_processes at 4 or 8? Finally, would the same apply to Nginx worker processes? Many thanks, Andrew Stewart [1] http://ark.intel.com/products/52213/Intel-Core-i7-2600-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz _______________________________________________ Unicorn mailing list - mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-unicorn Do not quote signatures (like this one) or top post when replying