With the new release of Intel’s latest Xeon CPU (Nehalem-EX) for the enterprise market, 32-Cores on a standard 2U server is no longer a dream. Think about what you can do with 32-Cores (64-Cores counting the HT) and 128GB Ram in a standard 2U for your next virtualization project! Get it? Yes, you could put almost the whole mini data center (that’s 1998 standard, say 128 servers, each with PIII 1G with 1G Ram per server) on to it, see the cost saving? Bingo!!!
The New Nehalem-EX Advantage:
- Intel Nehalem Architecture built on Intel’s unique 45nm high-k metal gate technology process
- Up to 8 cores per processor
- Up to 16 threads per processor with Intel® Hyper-threading
- Scalability up to eight sockets via Quick Path Interconnects and greater with third-party node controllers
- QuickPath Architecture with four high-bandwidth links
- 24MB of shared cache
- Integrated memory controllers
- Intel Turbo Boost Technology
- Intel scalable memory buffer and scalable memory interconnects
- Up to 9x the memory bandwidth of previous generation
- Support for up to 16 memory slots per processor socket
- Advanced RAS capabilities including MCA Recovery
- 2.3 billion transistors
I am still using Asus P2B-D with Dual Slot 1 850Mhz, going strong for the 11th year! I still remember clearly I brought it in April 1999 in Wai Chai Computer City and I’ve upgraded it many time over the years with minimal cost. (Mostly bought second hand from Go2HK & Yahoo HK)
Seemed to me the previous generation of Asus MB is so stable, I use for Internet/Email/Photoshop mostly, I can also play MKV, HD RMVB without any problem, so it’s really more than enough.
I will post this again in 2014 where it will be its 15 years.
I have two of these P2B-D, one is running as Desktop, the other running as Network File Server with iSCSI support.
The Configuration:
- The version of my Dual Slot1 PIII850Mhz is the one using the least Watts, 17.5W each?
- Seagate/Maxtor 120GB IDE, 8MB Cache x 2
- SATA PCI card with Maxtor Maxline 500GB x 4, 16MB Cache on another P2B-D file server
- IDE PCI card with Maxtor 200GB x 2, 8MB Cache, Maxtor 250GB x 2, 8MB Cache
- USB2.0 PCI card with 4 ports
- SoundBlaster AWE64 with Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Digital (This is so good!)
- Running W2K3 with IE8
- Matrox G550 with Dell Ultrasharp 2007FP in 1600×1200 model, so sharp and nice
- Compaq Dual network NIC
- Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse.
After 11 years, I am still totally satisfied with this DIY combo, no complain at all, no harddisk failure (so strange, giving the HD life is only 5 years).
It seemed to me that I really don’t need to upgrade for a long time to come.
VMWare is probably the ONLY name you need to know in virtualization world, its flagship product vSphere is the one you cannot do without. VMotion/HA/DRS/FT are the amazing tools to maintain business continuity, service stability and SLA.
A Comprehensive comparison between VMware/Microsoft Hyper-V/XEN/RH Linux
Everything fits nicely within a tiny 1/4 rack!
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