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- | NUMA (non-uniform memory access) is a method of configuring a cluster of microprocessors in a multiprocessing system so that they can share memory locally, improving performance and the ability of the system to be expanded. NUMA is used in a symmetric multiprocessing ( SMP ) system. An SMP system is a " | + | NUMA (<color red>non-uniform memory access</ |
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+ | In normal operation, the MFEL is configured such that NUMA is enabled in the BIOS and in the advanced parameters. This restricts a service to accessing a single NUMA core (so a service will not take cores from both CPUs, only from one). | ||
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+ | Because in this configuration, | ||
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+ | It is important to note, that if you have an ABR or multi-video service, that you can get to the point where a processor is unable to handle that much work, and you will get a Max Performance exceeded error because the CPU has too much load. Because of the NUMA configuration, | ||
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+ | When you look on the MFEL, the CPU will report only around 50%, this is confusing because people don’t understand why Max Performance has been reached at only 50% CPU. For services that have a lot of video components, like ABR services, we can allow via an Advanced Parameter, the service to share processors, thus resolving this performance issue. | ||
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+ | The reason we use the NUMA in this way, is that we want to ensure that a service is using the same CPU and memory resource. As allowing a unit with a lot of single video services access to share CPUs can lead to a loss of efficiency (as we know if a CPU starts accessing the memory of another CPU, this is slower). | ||
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