[Ilugc] Linux on Intel/Amd price/performance
- From: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Chandrashekar Babu)
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:10:59 +0530
On 15/02/11 9:35 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
I believe Intel does not make them anymore.
Intel does manufacture them and they are the norm for
many high-end HP and IBM servers that run Linux and
HP/UX or AIX as of today.
And yes, its a true 64-bit platform, but portability
or 32-bit compatibility does not matter much if it
is going to run apps written on Java (and thats what
these large-scale servers are mostly targetted to
host).
BTW, the Linux kernel team (from Intel, HP and IBM
largely) still maintain the ia64 arch code.
Of course, Itanium had a steep market fall in the initial
days of launch - mainly due to non-availability of OS and
applications, but now HP/UX, AIX and Linux being ported on
this platform - they are selling pretty well for a niche
high-end server-class market.
AMD Opteron?
AMD Opteron is a good option (I remember playing with
Sun blades - V20z) powered by Opteron. Their overall
performance was good, but for intensive math computations
(that my client required for their graphics simulation
applications), it did not do as fast as their older
HP Proliant server powered by Intel Itanium.
But it did cost much lesser than servers running on IA64.
But that was long time ago - I do not know much about
the progress with AMD processors these days.
Have you done the same on an Intel based netbook? My HP mini (Atom
230) spews warm air when I open up multiple FF tabs with Flash content
and a couple of other apps like OO word and spreadsheet.
I have an Acer Timeline 4810T (thats powered by Intel
Core2 Solo), Acer AspireONE ZG5 and Acer AspireONE 750
- both powered by Intel Atom processors.
None of these have heating problems even when I push them
to the edge. I'm particularly impressed with my Acer
Timeline that remained just "warm" while clocking
100% CPU for about 8 hours stretch (while doing a complete
automated Slackbuild).
Even my Apple MacbookPro (powered by Intel Core2 Duo)
does not run as hot as ASUS 1210T when run with full
CPU usage for a long time.
[1] A mid priced mobo has crapped out on me 4 times within the last 10
months. Luckily it is under a 3 year warranty but .... Intel's RMA
process is frustrating - you have to prove your innocence. I have
been asked to reflash the BIOS when I have told them that the board
has a display problem or does not POST! The average time interval
wasted is about 2-3 weeks. Again YMMV
I guess that's the case with service and support for any
product irrelevant to the brand/make. I faced a similar
problem with my Gigabyte motherboard some 5 years back
which was under warranty. They took one month to get the
motherboard replaced.
Recently (2 years back) Acer service center took 47 days
to repair my Acer Timeline laptop that failed within 3 days
of my purchase. I got my laptop back after a lot of running
around and answering all kinds of stupid questions. The
problem however was with the BIOS firmware (Insyde H2O BIOS)
than with the actual hardware.
Cheers,
Chandrashekar.
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