From owner-freebsd-smp Sun Feb 13 21:44: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC47548EB for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:44:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA11727; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:41:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002140541.VAA11727@implode.root.com> To: Steve Passe Cc: "Kenneth D. Merry" , freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: current hardware choices. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:52:37 MST." <200002132152.OAA45725@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:41:44 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 14:28:42 -0700, Steve Passe wrote: >> ... >> > I was just looking at that server on the intel site: OCPRF100, but >> > I couldn't find it listed on any of the web price engines. >> >> Yeah, I looked around for a Profusion server from some of the clone-type >> places, but I wasn't able to find it. All I found were the 4-way SMP >> servers. It looks like you have to go with one of the big vendors to get >> a Profusion box. > >I just priced out the Dell version: $51K for 8 550/1024K! >So I guess its an SC450NX for me... > >Now to decide just home much ransom to pay intel for increased cache size. >Has anyone seen any benchmarks that quantify the effects of different >L2 cache sizes in SMP systems? The OCPRF100 is sold by TeraSolutions as a model TS-5000. I don't know what kind of a deal we can for you or if the pricing will be better than the big vendors, but we'd be happy to provide a price quote for whatever configuration you specify. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message