cryovenom (3/15/2013)
For anybody finding this thread through google, NUMA (or Non-Uniform Memory Access) definitely has a lot to do with both. See here for a start:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/ms178144%28v=sql.105%29.aspx%5B/quote%5D
To make this one easier: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/ms178144%28v=sql.105%29.aspx