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> Hello,
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> On Oct 11, 2006, at 15:20, Joseph A. Dacuma wrote:
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>>> Hello,
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>>> On Oct 11, 2006, at 14:55, Heron Gallegos wrote:
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>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> This server works very fine but I dont know if the
>>>> count of 8 CPUs and some "not configured" devices
>>>> can be a potential problem in thr future. (dmesg is
>>>> at end of this message). Also, I dont know if the
>>>> count of buses (and the order) is right.
>>>>
>>>> This server is a Lanix (mexican brand) but in US is
>>>> exactly a supermicro server. The mobo is a X6DH8-G2
>>>> and have just two CPUs.
>>>> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon800/E7520/X6DH8-
>>>> G2.cfm
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>>>> I will have here this server for 10 days. then will
>>>> arrive the ours (mobo X6DH8-G2+ double core and just
>>>> one CPU each server). I have preoccupation because
>>>> I dont know if it is really a problem.
>>>
>>> Dual core with HT? That would give two logical CPUs per core.
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>>> have fun
>>> Michael
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>> Hi!
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>> Are there Dual core CPUs with HT? I have 1 machine with Nocona chip,
>> here
>> its just HT. Are Irwindales Dual Core with HT?
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> I thought all halfway recent Xeons support HT.
> Here's a data sheet of a 2.8GHz dual core Xeon with HT:
> http://www.intel.com/design/xeon/datashts/309158.htm
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Ah yes! On the link you gave the data sheet also indicates Hyper Threading
support. That makes 8 logical CPUs in total. Whew!

Is it wise to enable HT? I came across various sites where they say Hyper
Threading makes a system unstable.