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Subject: Re: [PacketFence-users] ZEN v9 - Number of CPUs
From: Ludovic Zammit via PacketFence-users <packetfence-users () lists ! sourceforge ! net>
Date: 2019-11-27 13:35:04
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Hello,
As far as we know we don't limit the number of CPU during the ZEN creation.
Your PF 6 was created differently back then, now we are using Vagrant and we don't \
specifically limit the CPU cores.
Thanks,
Ludovic Zammit
> On Nov 27, 2019, at 6:43 AM, Torry, Andrew via PacketFence-users \
> <packetfence-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> We are still trying to upgrade to 9.1 from 6.5 but when we switch over to the new \
> server several thousand clients start to authenticate on the new server (MAB) and \
> the ‘top' display on the server climbs in excess of 134 as the RADIUS \
> authentications start to bottleneck the whole server and it crashes to a grinding \
> halt until I turn of MAB on the WiFI.
> Our current 6.5 server is running with 16 CPUs and 16G of RAM and was built from \
> the 6.5 ZEN a few years ago.
> Can anyone tell me how I can increase the number of CPU's on a VM built using the \
> v9 ZEN OVF, my VMWare 6.5 vSphere Centre will not let me increase the number of \
> CPUs beyond 8.
> Before anyone suggests it, I am not in a position to spin up a cluster for \
> load-balancing – yet!
> I have built a standalone CENTOS 7 server and that lets my crank it up to 64 CPUs \
> if I want (I wish).
> Andrew
>
>
>
> Andrew Torry
>
> Senior Infrastructure Engineer
>
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class="">As far as we know we don't limit the number of CPU during the ZEN \
creation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Your PF 6 was created \
differently back then, now we are using Vagrant and we don't specifically limit the \
CPU cores.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,<br \
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 27, 2019, at \
6:43 AM, Torry, Andrew via PacketFence-users <<a \
href="mailto:packetfence-users@lists.sourceforge.net" \
class="">packetfence-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a>> wrote:</div><br \
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, \
0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: \
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class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: \
WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; \
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: \
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normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: \
none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \
"Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; \
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hi Folks,<o:p \
class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; \
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p \
class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: \
12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span \
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" \
class="">We are still trying to upgrade to 9.1 from 6.5 but when we switch over to \
the new server several thousand clients<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div \
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New \
Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, \
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">start to authenticate on the new \
server (MAB) and the ‘top' display on the server climbs in excess of 134 as the \
RADIUS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; \
font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span \
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" \
class="">authentications start to bottleneck the whole server and it crashes to a \
grinding halt until I turn of MAB on the WiFI.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div \
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New \
Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, \
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p \
class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: \
12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span \
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" \
class="">Our current 6.5 server is running with 16 CPUs and 16G of RAM and was built \
from the 6.5 ZEN a few years ago.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: \
0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" \
class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: \
rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div \
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New \
Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, \
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Can anyone tell me how I can increase \
the number of CPU's on a VM built using the v9 ZEN OVF, my VMWare 6.5 vSphere<o:p \
class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; \
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Centre \
will not let me increase the number of CPUs beyond 8.<o:p \
class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; \
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p \
class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: \
12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span \
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" \
class="">Before anyone suggests it, I am not in a position to spin up a cluster for \
load-balancing – yet!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm \
0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" \
class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: \
rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div \
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New \
Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, \
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I have built a standalone CENTOS 7 \
server and that lets my crank it up to 64 CPUs if I want (I wish).<o:p \
class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; \
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p \
class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: \
12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span \
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" \
class="">Andrew<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; \
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