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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/5] Add movablecore_map boot option
On 11/29/2012 02:41 PM, Luck, Tony wrote:
>> The other bit is that if you really really want high reliability, memory
>> mirroring is the way to go; it is the only way you will be able to
>> hotremove memory without having to have a pre-event to migrate the
>> memory away from the affected node before the memory is offlined.
>
> Some platforms don't support cross-node mirrors ... but we still want to
> be able to remove a node.
>

Yes, well, those platforms don't support that degree of "really really
high reliability", since the unannounced failure of the node controller
will bring down the system.

-hpa




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