[Glass] Hosting GLASS and CPU limit problem

[Dale Henrichs via Glass]

Mariano,

The cpu affinity has been in place for a pretty long time, I think as 
far back as 2.4.4.1 and even before ...

Dale
On 02/10/2015 07:22 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Dale Henrichs 
> <dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com 
> <mailto:dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com>> wrote:
>
>     Mariano,
>
>     I don't recall any "installation time limitations". We've been
>     using processor affinity for quite a while now.
>
>
> mmmm I recall once I was trying to install Glass in a CentOS running 
> in a VirtualBox that had 4 cores. I remember I had an error at 
> installation time. Then I changed the settings in VirtualBox to have 
> only 2 cores and the installation was successful. But my memory may be 
> bad.
> So you are saying the GLASS should be using processor affinity even in 
> 3.1 correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
>     Dale
>
>
>     On 2/10/15 7:17 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
>>     Ohhh this is good news!
>>     Dale, do you know if this is even since 3.1 ?
>>
>>     Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>>     On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Dale Henrichs
>>     <dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com
>>     <mailto:dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Mariano,
>>
>>         We use processor affinity to limit GemStone to using only two
>>         of the cores ... You should be able to install and run
>>         GemStone on a machine with more than 2 cores.
>>
>>         Dale
>>
>>
>>         On 2/10/15 7:08 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck via Glass wrote:
>>>         Hi guys,
>>>
>>>         We are trying to run away from our self-hosted server that
>>>         currently runs GLASS/Seaside and we are searching for a
>>>         cloud hosting. We are finding that we are very limited
>>>         because of the CPU cores limit. Many of the providers
>>>         increase the data storage or the RAM, but ALSO the cores...
>>>         It is hard to find one where I can keep only 2 cores, yet
>>>         increase RAM and storage. And buying the GemStone license of
>>>         4 cores is a bit too much for our needs right now. (and
>>>         maybe even moving to 4 cores only allows a little increment
>>>         in RAM and storage).
>>>
>>>         I think I tried before and the way GemStone limited the 2
>>>         cores was simply at installation time, if the machine had 2
>>>         cores, it simply refused to install. So let me ask, this
>>>         continues like that? There is no way I can have a server
>>>         with more cores and yet let GemStone only use 2?
>>>
>>>         Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>         -- 
>>>         Mariano
>>>         http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>>
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>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Mariano
>>     http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
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> -- 
> Mariano
> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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