NUMA nodes are unbalanced when using single or dual socket Nehalem-EP processors

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • NUMA nodes unbalanced
  • Performance degradation

Environment

  • Single or dual socket Nehalem-EP processors with 8 or fewer logical processors

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 smp kernel

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