Anyone use RHEL4 with Quad core Xeons (PE 1950)?

[Duncan Hill]

On Fri, March 2, 2007 13:56, Kuba Ober wrote:
> On Thursday 01 March 2007, Duncan Hill wrote:

>> $dayjob has a 1950 with twin quad-cores, and we've run into a bit of a
>> pain in the rear with them (that might be solved by firmware, but the
>> box is deployed in a hosting centre, and isn't readily available for
>> downtime).
>
> Er, last time I checked you can upgrade firmware without any downtime. It
> may not become immediately available, so you may need a reboot to activate
> the new firmware. But you can do a remote reboot when the load is low.

There is, unfortunately, no such thing as a low load on that server. 
Permanent load is around 11, as there are 16 VMs providing 24/7 service to
clients.  However, the point is taken - I just have to find a time slot
that works for all involved.