> Hi, > > I do not know, if this is the right place but I ask > anyway: > > Why are there no 16 socket (or more) x64 (Xeon or > Opteron) servers on the market? > > 1. is there no demand? > 2. are there techinchal restrictions? > 3. do the major server vendors do not want to compete > against there own Unix-systems (but why isn' t Dell > selling them) > > Thanks
I believe that Windoz has a problem dealing with more than 4 CPUs and the hyper-bus architecture for AMD processors extends to 4 slots. So I do not believe there is a driving need at this time for such a beast. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong. I love learning from this list. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
