On 2015-05-20 08:17, Pavel Odintsov wrote:
Hello!
Ray, I could suggest switch from multi physical CPU configuration to single. Like Intel Xeon E5-1650/1660/1680 or even Xeon E3 platforms. Because multi processor systems need really huge amount of knowledge for NUMA configuration and PCI-E devices assignment for each NUMA.
Not really. Well that's opinion I suppose. It didn't seem like that steep of a learning curve. Just need to play with taskset and do some reading. If you are just starting out and experimenting, then sure a single CPU system would probably be the way to go.
Secondly, I could vote many times for Supermicro! :) Dell or HP are really ugly systems for soft routers. CPU frequency tuning, PCM debugging are real nightmare on this systems.
And why is that any different on a supermicro system? Isn't it all the same hardware? I personally would recommend buying from Dell or HP, as they things like 4hr turn around times (at least in the major urban centers, usually it's about an hour). I don't know how good Supermicro purchase/procurement system is. Dell has some neat things for asset management, support etc. HP probably has the same. Please beware of they!
Supermicro is very clear and do not block useful functions of platform.
What don't they "block"? What vendors block things, and what things do they block?