From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 3 18:21:13 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A110B8CB for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 18:21:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gezeala@gmail.com) Received: from mail-la0-x22a.google.com (mail-la0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 326901E59 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 18:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f42.google.com with SMTP id eb20so28445lab.29 for ; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:21:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=xrQFiCDQLXCPqZ6o6UxRmgmTNW28s1u06afj78WoeeI=; b=N1aXTeY3JE/VLfkDxzFFsnTNR41D63clbCsRmO8f595itWL1ZlvlI6OX5nhNm1zUjQ WcJNUH2cteoEpj3GgRAdySEGQJ/3p9iHiUk3r+/Ibcr9i4CK2+u6J53uw7fjH3cgbsU6 UPhCgVPNleJz2c7Opv9GQP/NeRb6PCdZccItofzJspWBDBSlSVvDje3eCtUIbvbUSjzM eFxpBGX5LaMrFCRUCktI7m6B9ttPDm45qsQkrkMFgkuiyASQNbK/EPAs/MEErwYzwp8e 84vlacTvjjKSCoEnYzo66ueO+0kBwHEeP8jeIyOyqYUDhKyeCtmNIE911ocqj6Xj/lng +dOw== X-Received: by 10.112.135.34 with SMTP id pp2mr11404977lbb.18.1370283672132; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:21:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.13.37 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:20:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51AC7CD4.2050807@unsane.co.uk> References: <51ABAC4D.4040302@a1poweruser.com> <51AC7CD4.2050807@unsane.co.uk> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gezeala_M=2E_Bacu=F1o_II?= Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:20:32 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Max top end computer for Freebsd to run on To: Vincent Hoffman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Fbsd8 , FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:21:13 -0000 On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:24 AM, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > On 02/06/2013 21:34, Fbsd8 wrote: > > I'm a sub second speed freak. What is the max number of cpu's and > > memory size that Freebsd can handle? Can it handle 16 4ghz cpu's and > > 32gb of memory? I need a gaming server with some really big balls for > > hundreds of jails. Money is not a deciding factor here, horse power is. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > It'll certainly support it, the biggest server I FreeBSD on at the > moment is: > > root@parisnfsen:~ # head -20 /var/run/dmesg.boot > Copyright (c) 1992-2013 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE #4 r249837: Wed Apr 24 13:37:24 CEST 2013 > root@parisnfsen.nottellingyou.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PARISNFSEN > amd64 > gcc version 4.2.1 20070831 patched [FreeBSD] > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (2394.05-MHz > K8-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x206c2 Family = 0x6 Model = 0x2c > Stepping = 2 > > > Features=0xbfebfbff > > > Features2=0x29ee3ff > AMD Features=0x2c100800 > AMD Features2=0x1 > TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics > real memory = 34359738368 (32768 MB) > avail memory = 33090797568 (31557 MB) > Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600 > ACPI APIC Table: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 16 CPUs > FreeBSD/SMP: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s) x 2 SMT threads > > as other people have said though, one big server is often not the best > answer, keep things like disk io and resiliency in mind. > This is a PowerEdge R410 seems to be pretty happy trundling along on > 9-STABLE > > Vince works fine with this: Copyright (c) 1992-2011 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #3: Tue Dec 27 14:14:29 PST 2011 root@build9x64.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/builds/amd64/pcbsd-build90/fbsd-source/9.0/sys/GENERIC amd64 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7- 8837 @ 2.67GHz (2666.81-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x206f2 Family = 6 Model = 2f Stepping = 2 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0x29ee3ff AMD Features=0x2c100800 AMD Features2=0x1 TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics real memory = 549755813888 (524288 MB) avail memory = 532166148096 (507513 MB) Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600 ACPI APIC Table: FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 64 CPUs FreeBSD/SMP: 8 package(s) x 8 core(s) cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 2 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 4 .... cpu63 (AP): APIC ID: 242