Re: [Vserver] numa option

On Saturday 02 December 2006 16:26, Bert De Vuyst wrote:

Thank you. Clears it all up now.. good.

> On Saturday 02 December 2006 04:45, Chuck wrote:
> > i have this option turned on via recommendation of the help, but i see
then
> > talking about dual core opteron and em64t in the same breath. what is
em64t
> > and would i have it with a tyan mobo and dual opteron multicore
processors?
>
> EM64 is a INTEL Xeon/woodcrest with 64bit extentions.
> These systems use a shared bus for there CPUs. (no NUMA)
>
> a AMD dual Opteron system uses NUMA. (both for single and dual core)
> a single AMD Opteron dual core doesn't use UNMA.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bert.
>
> >
> > CONFIG_NUMA:
> > Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support. The kernel
> > will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the local memory
> > controller of the CPU and add some more NUMA awareness to the kernel.
> > This code is recommended on all multiprocessor Opteron systems.
> > If the system is EM64T, you should say N unless your system is EM64T
> > NUMA
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Chuck
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and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath
or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose 
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