[BlueOnyx:03963] Re: Memory Limit

[Darrell D. Mobley]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it]
> On Behalf Of Stephanie Sullivan
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:16 PM
> To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List'
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:03955] Re: Memory Limit
> 
> Be aware that .ELsmp kernels are PAE kernels too. If you are running a
> multi-core (I think) if you install a PAE kernel it will only use one
> core.
> I'd suggest that using an smp kernel if you are not sure. The additional
> overhead on a single core system is minimal.

Stephanie, could we discuss this a little more?  I have an HP DL380 G3,
which is dual 2.8Ghz Xeon processors.  I have been running the PAE kernels,
thinking that was required to access my 6GB of RAM.  Are you saying that I
might be wise to try an SMP kernel to get better performance?