support for multi-core processors

Aaron Bliss abliss at brockport.edu
Tue Mar 10 15:14:28 UTC 2009


Scully,
Thanks for the info.  We have several dual-core servers running RedHat 4 and
5 without issue, but I'm looking to spec out a new database server and
wanted to be sure quad core cpu's would work without issue.

Aaron

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:07 AM
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Subject: RE: support for multi-core processors

Aaron:

	The multiple cores just appear like multiple processors.  SMP
support has been around since the earliest Linux kernels, I'm pretty sure.
I think even back in the pre-Enterprise era (RedHat 6,7,8,9) there was
support for SMP.

Scully


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:48 AM
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Subject: support for multi-core processors

Hi all,
Does anyone have access to definitive documentation that shows which
versions of RedHat (4, 5, AS, ES) support dual-core and quad-core
processors?  Thanks for your help.

Aaron

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