From owner-freebsd-smp Sun Feb 13 21:54:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5928248CC for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:54:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id WAA11073; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:54:42 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ken) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:54:42 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: David Greenman Cc: Steve Passe , freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: current hardware choices. Message-ID: <20000213225442.A11028@panzer.kdm.org> References: <200002132152.OAA45725@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> <200002140541.VAA11727@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200002140541.VAA11727@implode.root.com>; from dg@root.com on Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 09:41:44PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message