From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Nov 26 18:55:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76DB837B401 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:55:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from util.inch.com (ns.inch.com [216.223.192.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4DE943ECD for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:55:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@inch.com) Received: from inch.com (inch.com [216.223.192.20]) by util.inch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/UTIL-INCH-3.0.9) with ESMTP id gAR2tYEb063505; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:55:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from spork@inch.com) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:55:34 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Sprickman To: Maarten de Vries Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM's X335 series In-Reply-To: <005901c2954c$0d229ae0$490d3a91@nosinetmrtn> Message-ID: <20021126215109.A59757-100000@shell.inch.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Maarten de Vries wrote: > - does it cope well with this many CPU's and this much RAM? While this was not on IBM hardware, we've had issues with more than 1GB of RAM on Intel mobos (Intel SRMK2 server) and Supermicros. Both would lock hard under medium load when more than 1 GB or so was in active use. Pulling out RAM made the problem go away (all RAM, including the 1GB left in the box was the same type/brand - Samsung). These are all dual processor boxes. Also had some issues getting SMP working at first on the Intel boxes. Hopefully the 5.x train will deal with modern hardware a bit better; this recent experience was a serious time-drain, and without a panic and dump, there's no help available. Search the -stable archives to see what folks have to say about "large" configurations. Charles > Any of your input will be much appreciated. > > Regards, > -- > Maarten de Vries > http://unsavouy.net > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message