Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:27:43 +0200 From: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD 9.0 and 4-socket Intel XEON E7-4870 system -->> 80 logical CPUs Message-ID: <4E67EFDF.7090804@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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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? Regards, Oliver
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