Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 11:23:50 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: woju@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP on 4 Pentium III(450NX) failed Message-ID: <199910161823.LAA06715@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "16 Oct 1999 18:18:13 -0000." <19991016181813.92529.qmail@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw>
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> : replacements. If you want to build a small cluster of high-powered > : nodes, you should look closely at the AMD K7/700 and the Compaq > : Alpha-based systems such as the single-processor DS20. > = > And I'm also very interested about what's the "right machines" for runn= ing > FreeBSD with AMD K7. Thanks for recommendation. So far I've only been experimenting with a system built from parts. = The current set of K7 motherboards based on the AMD 75x chipset seem to = be quite stable, but require very careful attention to power supply and = cooling. The biggest drawback so far has been the limitation of ~1GB of memory = for those boards that I've looked at, hence suggesting these machines = would make good cluster nodes rather than stand-alone servers for your = application. As a general rule, think "more small, cheap machines" rather than "one = big expensive machine". This is a strategy that has worked well for = many people (yahoo, hotmail, etc.). -- = \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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