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How to check the NUMA boundaries of an ESXi host?
Hello,
I have been asked to increase a the number of CPU's on a sever from 4 CPU's to 8 CPU's.
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I have been told by a consultant that "You should look at the NUMA boundaries of the host to make sure we don't increase the number of vCPUs to a point where it causes processing to cross this boundary. You could check if you are familiar with PuTTY. "
There was an article referenced; but, I am not sure how I can apply that knowledge to check for the NUMA ( http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/10/does-corespersocket-affect-performance.html ).
Can someone explain to me how to check for the NUMA and what it is actually? Please reference the question; https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28690744/How-to-add-more-RAM-and-CPU's-to-a-VMware-sserver.html?anchorAnswerId=40838173#a40838173
I have been asked to increase a the number of CPU's on a sever from 4 CPU's to 8 CPU's.
I have been told by a consultant that "You should look at the NUMA boundaries of the host to make sure we don't increase the number of vCPUs to a point where it causes processing to cross this boundary. You could check if you are familiar with PuTTY. "
There was an article referenced; but, I am not sure how I can apply that knowledge to check for the NUMA ( http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/10/does-corespersocket-affect-performance.html ).
Can someone explain to me how to check for the NUMA and what it is actually? Please reference the question; https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28690744/How-to-add-more-RAM-and-CPU's-to-a-VMware-sserver.html?anchorAnswerId=40838173#a40838173
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Pkafkas
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This website seems helpful.
http://www.benjaminathawes.com/2011/11/09/determining-numa-node-boundaries-for-modern-cpus/
http://www.benjaminathawes.com/2011/11/09/determining-numa-node-boundaries-for-modern-cpus/
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So if you have 8 cores per socket and no hyperthreading enabled does that mean 8 CPUs I can add to 1 VM before the Numa boundary is crossed?
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I still do not understand how MUMA boundaries work.
We currently have 4 VM's and 1 template on this host.
16 cpu's are allocated out of 32 on the host.
36 GB of RAM are allocated out of 128 GB.
We are probably not in danger of reaching the limit where it causes processing to cross this boundary.
VM1 = 4 Virtual Sockets & 1 Core per socket.
VM2 = 1 Virtual Socket & 4 Cores per socket.
VM3 = 1 Virtual Socket & 4 Cores per socket.
VM4 = 1 Virtual Socket & 4 Cores per socket.
Template1 (powered off) unknown.
But how can I be sure?