Florian Philipp <li...@binarywings.net> wrote: >Am 13.12.2012 07:23, schrieb Alan McKinnon: >> On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:12:18 -0800 >> Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've only ever used systems with a single CPU. I'm looking for a >new >>> host for a dedicated server (suggestions?) and it looks like I'll >>> probably choose a machine with two or four CPUs. What sort of >>> complications does that add to set up and/or maintenance with >Gentoo? >> >> No complication. >> >> Configure CONFIG_SMP in the the kernel for multicore. >> Everything else is transparent. >> >> Cores make threads work better, so you'd want to investigate if >> USE="threads" is useful for you. >> >> > >I think he's looking for advice on NUMA, not SMP.
NUMA is also an option in the kernel. Should also be fully transparent. I got one machine with NUMA and only had to set an option for it. Does anyone know how to check it's working properly? -- Joost -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
