2.9. Resource Management

The numad package provides a daemon for NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) systems that monitors NUMA characteristics. As an alternative to manual static CPU pining and memory assignment, numad provides dynamic adjustment to minimize memory latency on an ongoing basis. The package also provides an interface that can be used to query the numad daemon for the best manual placement of an application. The numad package is introduced as a Technology Preview.

Package: numad-0.5-4.20120522git