Tag : sockets

Should NUMA Be Enabled?

Posted June 2, 2017 by hw & filed under CentOS Comments: 1

Tags: multiple cores, NUMA, sockets

should NUMA be enabled in the BIOS of a server that has two sockets but only a single CPU in one of the sockets? From what I´ve been reading, it is unclear to me if NUMA should be enabled only on systems with multiple CPUs in multiple sockets or..

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Missing CPU Cores From 2nd Socket

Posted June 16, 2016 by De Vito, & filed under CentOS Comments: 0

Tags: cores, sockets

Has anyone else noticed an issue when running CentOS 7.2.1511 on ESXi 6.0, where only the first sockets worth of cores appear to be presented to the kernel?For example, Ive set up a VM on an ESXi 6 node with 2 sockets, each of which has 2 cores attach..

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