Linux Terminal Server Question

[PCBONEZ]

Yeah I'm still working on this.

I have a dual Xeon board that takes up to Quad cores.
I intend to use Centos 64-bit.

Is it possible to:
- Dedicate cores to specific terminals.
- From a terminal, select specific core for specific tasks.
- From a terminal, open a virtual machine and select a specific core.

I'll be starting out with a single dual core probably but I do have the parts to go to a pair of dual cores.

I see no point in multiple cores if most will be idle most of the time anyway. But if I can specify which cores do what that's another story.

What I'm trying to figure out is what I want to do in so far as an upgrade path. Once I know I can keep my eyes open for good deals on the CPUs I'll need for it.

Thanks in advance.
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[Uranium-235]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

the miracle of google

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...ty&btnG=Search

I know it dosen't answer all your questions, but i'm sure you can figure out something from here

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

I don't wanna google I wanna hear from people that know what they are doing.

That's here.

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[NxB]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

Dedicate cores to specific terminals.
-Terminals in a vm? Isn't a terminal just a shell with a user?

From a terminal, select specific core for specific tasks.
- Set affinity maybe for processes, scripts, etc.

From a terminal, open a virtual machine and select a specific
core.
- You can probably run a vm on its own core.

[NxB]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/settin...r-process.html

[NxB]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

you might want to try kvm

http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/tip...-specific-cpus

[gdement]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

Last I was aware, Linux doesn't support CPU affinity for particular processes. But that may have changed.

[NxB]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

I guess it didn't when SMP wasn't so popular. Now its like 40 cores to a chip

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

That's helping.
It's so much easier when someone knows the terms (words) I need to learn about.

Thanks guys.

[gdement]

Re: Linux Terminal Server Question

I guess it didn't when SMP wasn't so popular. Now its like 40 cores to a chip

Just looked it up on google, apparently they added affinity with the 2.5 kernel.
I think 2.5 was a development series, but I guess it should be in 2.6 then.