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Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>Am 13.12.2012 07:23, schrieb Alan McKinnon: |
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>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:12:18 -0800 |
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>> Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> I've only ever used systems with a single CPU. I'm looking for a |
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>new |
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>>> host for a dedicated server (suggestions?) and it looks like I'll |
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>>> probably choose a machine with two or four CPUs. What sort of |
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>>> complications does that add to set up and/or maintenance with |
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>Gentoo? |
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>> No complication. |
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>> Configure CONFIG_SMP in the the kernel for multicore. |
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>> Everything else is transparent. |
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>> Cores make threads work better, so you'd want to investigate if |
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>> USE="threads" is useful for you. |
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>I think he's looking for advice on NUMA, not SMP. |
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NUMA is also an option in the kernel. Should also be fully transparent. |
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I got one machine with NUMA and only had to set an option for it. |
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Does anyone know how to check it's working properly? |
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Joost |
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