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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual or Quad CPU complications?
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Am Samstag, 15. Dezember 2012, 20:57:24 schrieb J. Roeleveld:
> On Saturday, December 15, 2012 11:46:36 AM Grant wrote:
> > > You have to buy NUMA hardware. If the hardware you buys does not scream
> > 
> > NUMA
> > 
> > > at you, you don't have it. It is really that simple.
> > > 
> > > Multicore, multisocket systems MIGHT be NUMA systems - but that is not a
> > > guarantee. Now can this stupid thread please die away?
> > 
> > I guess the question seems stupid if you already know the answer.
> 
> There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers...
> 
> Even on a system with only 2 sockets, it can be useful to have NUMA
> available.

or not, because it costs you performance.

And while the starting questions were not stupid this thread is overflowing 
with stupid answers.

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