Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:37:19 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 and 4-socket Intel XEON E7-4870 system -->> 80 logical CPUs Message-ID: <CAGH67wSMEmktL_xqca7bSSoduZG3c8=i3c%2BWVVHcc=N%2B7QHFeQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E67EFDF.7090804@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4E67EFDF.7090804@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Hartmann, O. <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > Watching the ncpu number, I realized that FreeBSD is limited to 64 > processors. > Some vendors offer now 4-socket Intel Xeon E7-4870 systems. This > "Westmere" > based CPU has 10 physical and 20 logical cores, summa summarum 80 > cores. > Is FreeBSD 9.0 capable of handling such a server? Yes, with some potential catches. -Garrett 1. http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=222813 2. http://groups.google.com/group/mailing.freebsd.hackers/browse_thread/thread/2f4da860c972d5aahelp
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