On 06/23/2010 01:59 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 23.06.2010 00:27, schrieb Bill Longman: > >> - core i7 @ 1.6GHz gives me eight threads. The RAM is really fast, too, >> so the overall system is very responsive. Great power savings stuff. > > quite a plus with the box running for >10 hrs a day at least ... > >> - Haven't tried kvm but would probably work fine. > > I think so. Also the cpu-pinning ... I assume I could then assign one or > more of the 8 (virtual) CPUs to a specific VM ... nice ... > >> - From /proc/cpuinfo: >> address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual >> >> That's only 8GB physical, but that's probably a reasonable limit at >> the moment.
$ units -1 '2^36 byte' GiB * 64 > I think I could live with this. 8 GB now are more than I currently ever > need. Remember, kids, always recheck your answers, use a number two pencil....