different types of the kernel (UP, SMP, Enterprise)

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There are seven different vzkernel RPMs which are shipped with every Virtuozzo release.

* vzkernel-2.4.20-version.i686.rpm
* vzkernel-smp-2.4.20-version.i686.rpm
* vzkernel-enterprise-2.4.20-version.i686.rpm
* vzkernel-smpnosplit-2.4.20-version.i686.rpm
* vzkernel-entnosplit-2.4.20-version.i686.rpm
* vzkernel-2.4.20-version.athlon.rpm
* vzkernel-smp-version.athlon.rpm

athlon kernels are built for AMD Athlon processors, i686 kernels are for Intel processors. Note that i686 kernels should be compatible with AMD Athlon processors too.

smp kernels are for servers with simmetric multiprocessor architecture (e.g. servers with two processors), as well as for systems with hyperthreading enabled. There kernels support up to 4 GB of RAM.

enterprise kernels are SMP kernels which support up to 64 GB of RAM.

nosplit kernels are kernels with 4GB split feature disabled, which provide better performance on heavily loaded systems that have not many processes running.

Please don't forget to install the corresponding version of vzmodules RPM.

Since kernel version 2.4.20-021stab028.18 (released in September, 2005), all kernels include NFS client support.