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What_Lies_Bene1
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusTMM and HMS Hardware Resources
Hi,
Would anyone be able to explain how TMM and the HMS share resources please? From a hardware point of view TMM is described as a dedicated system and HMS as a seperate subsystem but the TMM software process runs within the HMS so can I assume they share memory and CPU resources? And where the HMS is concerned, on multicore processors, I assume it uses all cores through SMP etc.?
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- nitass
Employee
not sure if you have seen this. it might not be exactly what you are looking for but hope it is helpful.
TMOS Secure Development and Implementation
http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/tmos-dev-wp.pdf
sol3242: Overview of BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) CPU and RAM usage
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/200/sol3242.html 
What_Lies_Bene1Thanks nitass, I'd seen the first document at least but unfortunately neither provide the clarity I'm looking for.- What_Lies_Bene1
OK, so the lowdown I got was that the HMS only runs on one CPU and has a restricted amount of system RAM assigned.
TMM 'boots' and runs within HMS and would fail if the HMS fails.
