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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual or Quad CPU complications?
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Am 13.12.2012 07:12, schrieb Grant:
> I've only ever used systems with a single CPU.  I'm looking for a new host
> for a dedicated server (suggestions?) and it looks like I'll probably
> choose a machine with two or four CPUs.  What sort of complications does
> that add to set up and/or maintenance with Gentoo?
> 
> - Grant
> 

If you want to run mysql with high memory usage on that machine, you
might want to read
http://blog.jcole.us/2010/09/28/mysql-swap-insanity-and-the-numa-architecture/

Everything else that I can think of already has beed said.

Oh, tweak MAKEOPTS for a faster compile time, you also might want to
look at emerges --jobs and --load-average parameters