Partitioning CPU's

[Vinesh Dhevcharran_1]

Hi,

We have a Sun v440 running Solaris 9. We have Sybase IQ running on this machine. Does anyone know if it possible to partition the CPU's? i.e. I have 4 CPUs. I am told that I could use SRM - Solaris Resource Manager.

I need to ensure that Sybase only sees 2 CPUs. This has a licensing implication as Sybase IQ is licenced by the number of CPUs.

Also, can I do this on HP machines and if what are the requirements?

Many Thanks

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi,

For Solaris check this site.

http://store.sun.com/catalog/doc/BrowsePage.jhtml?catid=62649

For HP check this one.

http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B3835DA

Regards,
Robert-Jan.

[Bernhard Mueller]

On HP machines you can use either hard partitioning (npars) or soft partitioning (vpars).

npars is supported on the newer mid-range and higher HW (rp7410, rp8400, Superdome)

vpars is suppported on the rp5xxx (L-class) machines, since those do no support npars.

I can also have e.g. an rp7410 with (max) 2 hard partitions which in turn are partitioned using vpars.

Regards,
Bernhard