[GRASS-user] install GRASS on linux, which is better -DELL Precision 690n or SUN Ultra 40 M2

[Matthew Perry]

On 4/27/07, jun liang <liangj at email.unc.edu> wrote:
> Just wonder if it is worth to have dual CPU to run grass - for multi users
> running grass. Does the performance improve a lot? Anyone here has
> experiences?


As someone mentioned previously, a lot of grass processing is
CPU-bound and it is very easy to crank a single processing core to
100% for extended periods of time .. with a single user. For multiple
users you will want at least 2 CPUs.

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