Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:47:16 +0200 From: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com> 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: <4E6864F4.2090700@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <CAE-mSOJf5NjDHNHYMz-X-fRKLUzKCaFRy8xnih%2B9%2BrSdCRHBSQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <4E67EFDF.7090804@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <CAE-mSOJf5NjDHNHYMz-X-fRKLUzKCaFRy8xnih%2B9%2BrSdCRHBSQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09/08/11 08:15, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > On 8 September 2011 02:27, 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? > See kernel option MAXCPU and its description in NOTES. > Thanks a lot. My view of the limit was a bit outdated ... Regards, oh
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