Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 07:08:27 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "msg252" <msg252@home.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SMP support on i386 Message-ID: <00ee01c00f56$588ccb00$8d440ace@mark8> References: <14759.24356.279050.602635@guru.mired.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> To: "msg252" <msg252@home.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 1:09 AM Subject: SMP support on i386 > msg252 writes: > > how many CPU's are currently supported (4 & 8 way Xeon?) > > However many you compile the kernel for. > > > how many GB of memory are currently supported? > > The number 16GB comes to mind, but don't quote me. > > > Are there any long term goals to make FreeBSD run on highend i386 servers > > (ie 8 way Xeon w/32GB RAM) within the next 2-4 years if that's not already > > standard? > > There have been 4-way Xeon systems running FreeBSD for a couple of > years now. There's no reason an 8-way system would be a > problem. Memory might be - but you probably want to ask on a different > list for definitive answers to that one. > The definitive answer to the memory question is 4gigs. If you want more memory than that you need to move to the alpha platform. Josh > <mike > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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