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Romi
Radar screen is using single cpu and it's very cpu intensive, so if you are
going
to load 500 symbols and bunch of radar screens then dual cpu is recomended.
I use dual AMD.
About memory: 512M is plenty.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Romi Ghose" <r.ghose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 1:23 AM
Subject: Unidentified subject!
> Does anyone uses RadarScreen extensively on this list? I am trying
to
> determine what kind of computing power would make a real-time
processing
of
> 500 symbols (with 4 types of data compressions for each of the 500
symbols,
> multiple indicators, alerts, tracking center/s, around 10 charts with
> indicators...all running simultaneously).
> What I have found is PS2Ki GlobalServer on a 600Mhz, 1Gig RAM Dell
wks
with
> NT4 Server, utilizes around 10-18% average CPU and around 183Meg RAM
to
> collect 250 symbols from eSignal via cable Internet. If I start one
> RadarScreen with 5-min data compression w/o any indicators, the
utilization
> is 45-60% average CPU (frequently spikes to 100%) and 256Meg RAM.
With
one
> indicator, its about 75-86% average CPU (of course spiking frequently
to
> 100% and occasionally hangs up the machine...so I have to reboot),
and
about
> the same RAM.
> I wonder if a dual 2.4 xeon (or maybe a quad MP xeon) with 2 or 4 Gig
would
> make all my needs (that I have described above) run smoothly at a max
50%
> CPU usage with ideally a 36% average CPU??!!
> Omega says on its product web page that PS2Ki is designed to utilize
upto
8
> CPUs on a machine . Is anybody using PS2Ki on a 8CPU machine??
> I'll appreciate any input on these 2 issues...
> Thanks very much in advance
> Take care,
> Romi
>
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