Hello all,
On 8 Nov 1998, Andi Kleen wrote:
> break. It might work if you can guarantee that no single user process
> ever grows bigger than 1G-epsilon, but that is not tested and a bit
> fragile.
>
> -Andi
I'm working with my thesis advisor to pick a good smp configuration for
our research. We are looking at a machine with 4xP-II Xeon 450s, and 4 GB
of ram. I've been watching this thread for a while, and am getting
nervous that we won't be able to use the 4 GB in the way we would like.
So I'm asking a few clarifying questions:
1) Would we have access to all 4 GB (through one or several processes)?
2) What is the largest memory chunk one process could access?
3) Does WinNT have similar limitations?
The machine in question if from American Northstar Computer, their RedSTAR
Quad Xeon server. Any and all help is appreciated! I'm new to SMP and to
this list. Most of all, I don't want to suggest to my advisor that spend
$27,500 (includes 54 gb HD as well), and find out _afterwards_ that we
can't use it for our research (large datasets and data mining).
Thanks for all of your time and help!
Paul Komarek
Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~AUTON
