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Date:      Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:54:42 -0700
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: current hardware choices.
Message-ID:  <20000213225442.A11028@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <200002140541.VAA11727@implode.root.com>; from dg@root.com on Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 09:41:44PM -0800
References:  <200002132152.OAA45725@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> <200002140541.VAA11727@implode.root.com>

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On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 21:41:44 -0800, David Greenman wrote:
> >> 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.

Will FreeBSD actually run on a Profusion board?  Has anyone tried it?

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org


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