From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750770AbWDDSFf (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:05:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750780AbWDDSFf (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:05:35 -0400 Received: from ns01.unsolicited.net ([69.10.132.115]:19977 "EHLO ns01.unsolicited.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750770AbWDDSFe (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:05:34 -0400 Message-ID: <4432B556.4030204@unsolicited.net> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:05:10 +0100 From: David R User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Larry McVoy CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: blade servers? References: <20060404024244.28E9A5F76B@work.bitmover.com> In-Reply-To: <20060404024244.28E9A5F76B@work.bitmover.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD68A3404759205556D5CBA34" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD68A3404759205556D5CBA34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Larry McVoy wrote: > For all of the Unix like platforms, we'd be happy with 2Ghz Athlons (do= n't > need opterons) with 256MB. It's true that for the windows platforms we= No specific recommendations, but one thing to keep in mind is that later process/stepping Athlon 64/Opterons are far more power efficient (especia= lly when using powernow) than older 32 bit Athlons. I'm not sure why Xeon based space heaters^H^H blades have been recommende= d in previous posts when low power is an issue?!? Cheers David --------------enigD68A3404759205556D5CBA34 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEMrVb2qx5JuSvnlQRAtXxAJ0YHakMIEuLvCWfGoo5KZwOFvG0RwCeLXm8 teY4BpPiQRPaLqw16Y2sLyM= =hObe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD68A3404759205556D5CBA34--