I would like to thank the list for all the tips and recommendations I got when I asked if Dell Poweredge 2950 would run xen 3.0.3 well. We got one and it is running quite well with Fedora Core 6 (64 bit x86_64). I am just wondering if there is a list of rackable 64bit servers that also run Linux x86_64 (does not have to be FC, but preferably free ones) well. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I also would like the cpu supports the intel vt or amd-v technology. Really appreciate your help. System Coordinator, Online Information System Student Affairs, University of California, Office of the President _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I''d take a serious look at AMD offerings from SuperMicro (1020P-T, 1040C-T) and IBM x3455 systems. -- -- Tom Mornini, CTO -- Engine Yard, Ruby on Rails Hosting -- Reliability, Ease of Use, Scalability -- (866) 518-YARD (9273) On Mar 25, 2007, at 1:48 PM, John Shen wrote:> I would like to thank the list for all the tips and recommendations > I got when I asked if Dell Poweredge 2950 would run xen 3.0.3 well. > We got one and it is running quite well with Fedora Core 6 (64 bit > x86_64). > > I am just wondering if there is a list of rackable 64bit servers > that also run Linux x86_64 (does not have to be FC, but preferably > free ones) well. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I also would > like the cpu supports the intel vt or amd-v technology. > > Really appreciate your help. > System Coordinator, Online Information System > Student Affairs, University of California, Office of the President > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, John Shen wrote:> I would like to thank the list for all the tips and recommendations I got when I asked if Dell Poweredge 2950 would run xen 3.0.3 well. We got one and it is running quite well with Fedora Core 6 (64 bit x86_64). > > I am just wondering if there is a list of rackable 64bit servers that also run Linux x86_64 (does not have to be FC, but preferably free ones) well. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I also would like the cpu supports the intel vt or amd-v technology. >I don''t know of a list of rackable 64-bit servers, but you may consider contacting you Sun representative about their 64-bit offerings. A friend of mine, who manages grid computing on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, just installed a Sun cluster and it''s very nice. He''s not virtualizing, but it will run pretty much any distribution. I''m not sure what your budget constraints are, but Sun''s offerings are much, much nicer than anything I''ve seen from Dell, albeit more expensive. Best, -- ( ) H H _H_ .-''-.-''-. / \ | | | .-------''._ Sebastian Smith | / / ''.'' ''. \ Robotic Research Laboratory | \ \ @ @ / / Department of Computer Science and Engineering | ''---------'' University of Nevada, Reno | _______| | .''-+-+-+| | ''.-+-+-+| (Ascii art by Silver Saks) | """""" | ''-.__ __.-'' """ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of John Shen > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:48 PM > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] Any other good 64-bit machines > > I would like to thank the list for all the tips and > recommendations I got when I asked if Dell Poweredge 2950 > would run xen 3.0.3 well. We got one and it is running quite > well with Fedora Core 6 (64 bit x86_64). > > I am just wondering if there is a list of rackable 64bit > servers that also run Linux x86_64 (does not have to be FC, > but preferably free ones) well. Thanks for sharing your > experiences. I also would like the cpu supports the intel vt > or amd-v technology. >My personal experience says that it''s not worth spending the money for a brand name. Find a black box vendor who''ll build something for you, to your specs, and you''ll save tons. (We use PCs for Everyone here in the Boston area; 4 or 5 years now, and no problems with service or support or anything else. They''ve been great, and much easier to deal with than Dell.) _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
John Shen wrote:> I would like to thank the list for all the tips and recommendations I > got when I asked if Dell Poweredge 2950 would run xen 3.0.3 well. We > got one and it is running quite well with Fedora Core 6 (64 bit > x86_64). > > I am just wondering if there is a list of rackable 64bit servers that > also run Linux x86_64 (does not have to be FC, but preferably free > ones) well. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I also would like > the cpu supports the intel vt or amd-v technology. >I have recently tested two systems which run Xen 3.0.3/Debian Etch or Xen 3.0.3/Ubuntu 7.04 fine. This is with xen-modified kernels, not HVM mode. The two systems are both 2U units using: 1. Supermicro X7DBE with 2x2-core Xeon 5030, 3Ware 9650SE SATA-II; 2. Tyan Thunder h2000M S3992 with 2x2-core Opteron 2218, 3Ware 9650SE SATA-II. I''m still testing #2 with 3.0.4 and HVM guest domains with not much luck so far. Sarunas Burdulis Sysadmin@math Dartmouth College _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Marlier, Ian wrote:> > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com >> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of John Shen >> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:48 PM >> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> Subject: [Xen-users] Any other good 64-bit machines >> >> I would like to thank the list for all the tips and >> recommendations I got when I asked if Dell Poweredge 2950 >> would run xen 3.0.3 well. We got one and it is running quite >> well with Fedora Core 6 (64 bit x86_64). >> >> I am just wondering if there is a list of rackable 64bit >> servers that also run Linux x86_64 (does not have to be FC, >> but preferably free ones) well. Thanks for sharing your >> experiences. I also would like the cpu supports the intel vt >> or amd-v technology. >> >> > > My personal experience says that it''s not worth spending the money for a > brand name. Find a black box vendor who''ll build something for you, to > your specs, and you''ll save tons. (We use PCs for Everyone here in the > Boston area; 4 or 5 years now, and no problems with service or support > or anything else. They''ve been great, and much easier to deal with than > Dell.) >Find a *competent* black box vendor who won''t send ou parts that fell off somebody''s truck in Taiwan and have never been tested. I''ve worked for, and left ASAP, a black box vendor that was doing just that. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Sarunas Burdulis wrote:> John Shen wrote: >> I would like to thank the list for all the tips and recommendations I >> got when I asked if Dell Poweredge 2950 would run xen 3.0.3 well. We >> got one and it is running quite well with Fedora Core 6 (64 bit >> x86_64). >> >> I am just wondering if there is a list of rackable 64bit servers that >> also run Linux x86_64 (does not have to be FC, but preferably free >> ones) well. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I also would like >> the cpu supports the intel vt or amd-v technology. >> > I have recently tested two systems which run Xen 3.0.3/Debian Etch or > Xen 3.0.3/Ubuntu 7.04 fine. This is with xen-modified kernels, not HVM > mode. > > The two systems are both 2U units using: > 1. Supermicro X7DBE with 2x2-core Xeon 5030, 3Ware 9650SE SATA-II; > 2. Tyan Thunder h2000M S3992 with 2x2-core Opteron 2218, 3Ware 9650SE > SATA-II. > > I''m still testing #2 with 3.0.4 and HVM guest domains with not much luck > so far. >HVM guests work too on Tyan system (Next-Gen Opterons with AMD-V). The problem with Linux HVM guests was having phy:...,hda and hdb:cdrom, which caused hdb: DSC timeout errors and the installer from CD-image never completed. Changing hdb:cdrom to hdc:cdrom resolved this. There was no problem installing/running Solaris 10 and WinXP. Sarunas Sysadmin@math Dartmouth College _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Sarunas Burdulis schrieb:> John Shen wrote: >> I would like to thank the list for all the tips and recommendations I >> got when I asked if Dell Poweredge 2950 would run xen 3.0.3 well. We >> got one and it is running quite well with Fedora Core 6 (64 bit >> x86_64). >> >> I am just wondering if there is a list of rackable 64bit servers that >> also run Linux x86_64 (does not have to be FC, but preferably free >> ones) well. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I also would like >> the cpu supports the intel vt or amd-v technology. >> > I have recently tested two systems which run Xen 3.0.3/Debian Etch or > Xen 3.0.3/Ubuntu 7.04 fine. This is with xen-modified kernels, not HVM > mode. > > The two systems are both 2U units using: > 1. Supermicro X7DBE with 2x2-core Xeon 5030, 3Ware 9650SE SATA-II;Hello ! I''m using 3 similar Systems of Supermicro X7DBE+ with 2x2-core Xeon 5130 (Woodcrest, 2 Ghz), 3 Ware 9550SE SATA-II (8 Channel), and they work with XEN 3.0.4-1 compiled from scratch for Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Server LTS. I bought them all inclusive as a system called 6025B-TR+B. see: http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2U/6025/SYS-6025B-TR+V.cfm The board has 16 Slots of FB Dimm Memory so you could put up to 64 GB of memory in it. Thats above standard. However 1 Machine has a problem with the first network interface (running XEN or Native), which I''m working on. We tested paravirtualized and also HVM Domains. And they are really better than blackbock products assembled from different parts of different vendors. You''ll see that in the second where you open the case ! -- __________________________________________________ Ralf Schenk fon (02 41) 9 91 21-0 fax (02 41) 9 91 21-59 rs@databay.de Databay AG Hüttenstraße 7 D-52068 Aachen www.databay.de Vorstand: Jens Conze, Ralf Schenk, Aresch Yavari Aufsichtsratvorsitzender: Ansgar Vögeli Sitz/Amtsgericht Aachen HRB:8437 USt-IdNr.: DE 210844202 Databay - einfach machen. _________________________________________________ Diese E-Mail und etwa angehängte Dateien enthalten vertrauliche Informationen und sind ausschließlich für den Adressaten bestimmt. Sollten Sie irrtümlich diese E-Mail erhalten haben, bitten wir Sie, uns darüber unter info@databay.de zu informieren und die E-Mail aus Ihrem System zu löschen. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify info@databay.de. If you are not the named recipient, you should return this message and delete it from your system. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users