[Glass] Hosting GLASS and CPU limit problem

Mariano Martinez Peck via Glass glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com
Tue Feb 10 09:55:06 PST 2015


OK, thanks Dale. Then it might have been something different what I
remember.

Thanks!

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Dale Henrichs <
dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:

>  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> 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> 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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>>
>>
>>  --
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>>
>>
>
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