Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: NUMA or not on dual Opteron | Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:24:07 +0100 |
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In article <20050113094537.GB2547@favonius> you wrote: > I was under the impression that NUMA is useful on > 2-way systems only. > Is this true, and if not, under what circumstances is NUMA useful on > 2-way Opteron systems?
NUMA is good for all situations where you have more than one CPU and the CPUs have different access speeds for some parts of the memory (i.e. cpu local memory). This is true for SMP Opterons, not for the usual Intel Boards.
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