Question : Netware on dual-processor server - Dedicating second processor to specific tasks

I'm interested in trying to get Netware 6 to make better use of the second CPU in a dual-processor server.

Left to itself, Netware seems to use mostly CPU 0, but I recently saw an old article that mentioned the possibility of configuring Netware 5 to run the TCP/IP stack on a separate processor. It was just a brief mention, no details were provided.

My multipart question:
Is this possible or relevant with Netware 6.0? If so, how would I go about it?
Is it a good idea? Are there other things I can do to increase the utilization of the second CPU?
I'm not encountering any performance problems or anything like that, I just want to try it. :)
 
 

Answer : Netware on dual-processor server - Dedicating second processor to specific tasks

Yes, definitely run GroupWise in its own address space. For example:

LOAD ADDRESS SPACE=GW GWPOA @MYPO.POA

The SMP support in v6.0 is only an incremental improvement over v5.1. You get more of a leap in v6.5. However, you still cannot assign specific processes to specific CPUs. But you really shouldn't have to, the scheduler in the OS should handle assignation of threads to the least-busy processor.