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[tor-relays] Status of NumCPUs >2 in 0.2.3.x?

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Subject: [tor-relays] Status of NumCPUs >2 in 0.2.3.x?
From: Steve Snyder <swsnyder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 21:55:43 -0500
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In the Tor v0.2.2.x series it was said that it was pointless to setNumCPUs to a value greater than 2. Due to poor scaling, I guess.

Is that still the case with v0.2.3.24+ ? Would NumCPUs value of 4 or 8(on systems with that many CPU cores) actually provide any benefit overa value of 2?


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