Re: UMA and NUMA - Mermory Architeture

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Andre Luiz da Silva wrote:

> I'm studying the kernel memory management in the Linux Kernel, with the book:
> "Understanding the *Linux* *Virtual* *Memory* Manager 
> <http://www.linuxmall.com.br/index.php?product_id=2105>", but I don't 
> understading the
> "fundamental" direferences between NUMA and UMA memory architeture.

Basically, a UMA machine can access uniformly to all its memory, while a
NUMA machine cannot. The dedicated Wikipédia page [1] will give detailed
explanations.

Sincerly,

Thomas

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Uniform_Memory_Access
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Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx


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