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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 and 4-socket Intel XEON E7-4870 system -->> 80
 logical CPUs
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On 8 September 2011 02:27, Hartmann, O. <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote=
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> =A0 Watching the ncpu number, I realized that FreeBSD is limited to 64
> =A0 processors.
> =A0 Some vendors offer now 4-socket Intel Xeon E7-4870 systems. This
> =A0 "Westmere"
> =A0 based CPU has 10 physical =A0and 20 logical cores, summa summarum 80
> =A0 cores.
> =A0 Is FreeBSD 9.0 capable of handling such a server?

See kernel option MAXCPU and its description in NOTES.

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