From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:28:49 +1000 Message-ID: From: Bruce Ellis To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] higher-end compute server recommendations? Topicbox-Message-UUID: a50b6032-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Watch out for the bunnies! On 25 July 2012 15:09, John Floren wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:58 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> On Wed Jul 25 00:45:01 EDT 2012, john@jfloren.net wrote: >>> We've got some budget left for hardware, so I'm looking for a server >>> suitable for running Plan 9, preferably as good as I can get for about >>> $3000-5000. Buying non-Thinkpad Plan 9 hardware is kind of a >>> crapshoot, and this isn't just some $100 Atom system, so if any of you >>> are running something along these lines, please let me know. I'd most >>> like to see lots of cores and lots of RAM, I don't even want storage >>> (we've got other methods for storage). >> >> hey, john, i've had incredible luck with intel servers from supermicro >> for general beat-about servers. >> >> just as a quick suggestion, i'd look at this server here. >> >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/6017/SYS-6017R-WRF.cfm >> >> with 8-core socket-r cpus, you can have 32 cores and 128gb of memory >> without stretching the budget too much. the intel i350 nics work fine, >> but for something that hot, i'd get a myircom or intel 10gbe adapter. >> >> this was just whatever came up in 5 minutes. you might want to look >> at this page here for more options >> >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/Xeon_X9_E5.cfm?pg=SS >> >> acmemicro.com (fitting, no?) should have the full range of stuff. >> >> - erik > > Thanks for the tip; I just looked at acmemicro and spec'd out a > decent-looking 16-core system with 64 GB of RAM for about $4800, so > I'll probably end up doing something like that. > > > > john >