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Date:      Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:51:24 +0200
From:      Andrea Brancatelli <abrancatelli@schema31.it>
To:        Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology>
Cc:        =?UTF-8?Q?Klaus_K=C3=BCchemann?= <maciphone2@googlemail.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Any good alternative to Raspberry for Arm64?
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On 2021-04-01 12:30, Greg V wrote:

> For now, the only option for relatively affordable big (16-great-cores) hardware at home is AMD.

Practically speaking, supposing I'd like the equivalent of an
entry-level server that is not a spacerocket (80 cores...) but not a
raspberry with the drives tapes to the raw board, is there anything
around?

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Andrea Brancatelli
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Subject: Re: Any good alternative to Raspberry for Arm64?
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> On Apr 1, 2021, at 3:51 AM, Andrea Brancatelli via freebsd-arm =
<freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> Practically speaking, supposing I'd like the equivalent of an
> entry-level server that is not a spacerocket (80 cores...) but not a
> raspberry with the drives tapes to the raw board, is there anything
> around?

I have no complaints about the ThunderX: plenty of cores, easy to=20
spec with ram and storage, even the fancy NIC works without any=20
issue (once you sort out the slightly circuitous configuration).
I=E2=80=99ve been tracking -CURRENT for a couple of years now with very=20=

few issues. Its power draw is reasonable and its modest cooling=20
needs keep it well below spacerocket levels.

Probably the price-per-performance formula doesn=E2=80=99t really pan =
out
great at this point, but as you point out, the space between the
RPI and say the eMAG is a little thin.


-Marcel




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