Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:21:32 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Tan Heng Chai <hengchai@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Maximum CPU/RAM Message-ID: <20041217192131.GA93290@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <b590cdf404121708391aff2270@mail.gmail.com> References: <b590cdf404121708391aff2270@mail.gmail.com>
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--LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:39:57AM +0800, Tan Heng Chai wrote: > Does anyone know what is the maximum CPU/RAM support for the sparc64 port? I > currently have an Enterprise 4000 with 4x 250Mhz CPU and 3GB ram. Intending > to upgrade to 336mhz CPUs and more ram. Have read some threads that say max > CPU support is 8 CPUs, though not sure if this is the same for the sparc64 > port. Do help, thanks. It's more an issue that FreeBSD won't run as efficiently as you add more CPUs, because of lack of parallelism in the kernel (this is being steadily worked on, of course). I don't think 5.3 has been well-tested on machines with more than 4 CPUs. Kris --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBwzG7Wry0BWjoQKURAnPAAKCHRNuB680cVhuDkut9UYuyQyR5SACgmomd glB0T5vL6DwkITC2EfTbhYQ= =ndC9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--
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