[nylug-talk] VMs, was: [ot] Non-pro, SOHO computer rack suggestions

[Brian Gupta]

If I recall the 4x4 platform included SLI Nvidia cards.. Are you using this:
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda.html to aid in your processing?

-Brian

On 7/27/07, jh <jhlists at hirschman.net> wrote:
>
> forest mars wrote:
> > JH-
> >
> > I would suggest one of
> > these<
> http://deviltech.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=2&Itemid=2&vmcchk=1&Itemid=2
> >
>
> Actually, we're using the poorly received AMD 4x4 platform, which also
> gives us 4 cores in one box at a consumer price.
>
> Reasons:
>
> * The cores scale better because of hypertransport/no shared bus,
> * Our application just loves AMD procs, although we've admittedly not
> done recent benchmarking for the Core2Duo/Quad stuff.
>
> * The 4x4 motherboard just comes with more stuff - dual gigabit is
> highly prized in our case.
>
> * AMD promises upgrades to cheap 8-way machines and lower power chips
> for the 4x4 platform. That will not happen with Intel.
>
> The cons to the AMD 4x4: it just eats power like no tomorrow! Pull
> nearly 300 watts at idle, about 450 at load. Hopefully this will  be
> solved by Barcelona.
>
> running
> > this <http://www.xensource.com/products/xen/>
> > (which was recently merged into the 2.6.23 kernel, AYK.)
>
> Why not OpenVZ? Supposed to perform better than Xen, and we're all Linux
> for this app.
>
> > Based on your description, what you save on ConEd alone will pay for the
> > migration.
>
> Not with 4x4. That'll change when Barcelona ships; I'll have 8 cores at
> the same power footprint as now.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> jh
>
>
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