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These configurations satisfy near balanced conditions by populating four, six, twelve or fourteen identical DIMMs per CPU. Although these configurations do have at least two DIMMs populated per controller, they are not optimized because the channels are only partially populated, which creates disjointed memory regions that reduce performance. Memory performance for near balanced configurations can undergo degradation when compared to balanced configurations, but they are still adequate for implementation.