dual CPU failover/redundancy ?

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On a dual CPU server, what will happen if one of the CPUs fails? Will the
other CPU continue to run or will the system crash?
 
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| On a dual CPU server, what will happen if one of the CPUs fails? Will the
| other CPU continue to run or will the system crash?
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Thanks, I was aware of this. It was all due to a couple of misclicks. That's
why I don't like being in a rush... :-(
 
jdee said:
On a dual CPU server, what will happen if one of the CPUs fails? Will the
other CPU continue to run or will the system crash?

Never tried it, but I would expect the system to crash. Dual cpu servers
give you (a bit) more processing capacity but don't provide failover
protection.

Brian.

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I remember asking this question in NT days. My understanding is if the
secondary processor fails the system will keep working. If the primary fails
the system will crash. This is due to core services only running on the
primary processor.
 
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