Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1766981AbXEBRyX (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 13:54:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1766985AbXEBRyW (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 13:54:22 -0400 Received: from emailgw01.pnl.gov ([192.101.109.33]:13269 "EHLO emailgw01.pnl.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1766981AbXEBRyV (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 13:54:21 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 3603 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 02 May 2007 13:54:21 EDT X-Possible-Spoof: True X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,480,1170662400"; d="scan'208"; a="30353026:sNHT30585709" Subject: Re: Kernel Scalability From: Kevin Fox To: Rajib Majumder Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 09:54:17 -0700 Message-Id: <1178124858.10228.83.camel@zathras.emsl.pnl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-1.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 905 Lines: 28 There are multiple 512 processor altix's in production. :) Kevin On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 20:56 +0800, Rajib Majumder wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering if 2.4.x/2.6.x kernel is scalable enough to run on > 8-CPU hardware. Do we have any scalability comparison data between > 2.4/2.6 kernels and beyond 4-CPU? > > If yes, is the scalablity is near linear? > > Any input is appreciated. > > Thanks > > Rajib > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/