On 4/10/2011 9:05 PM, Tom Feldvebel wrote: > I am thinking of using a small rack mount cabinet to house the computer, > keyboard& monitor for a mill conversion that we are about to undertake. > > I am thinking of using something like the HP Proliant DL360 with one > Mesa 5I20 card in the open PCI slot. Here is a link to one on ebay: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/360358391022?pt#ht_3784wt_905 > > Has anyone ever used a blade type server for running EMC? > > Thanks in advance! > > Tom Feldvebel Tom:
No, I've never used a blade server for EMC but I did use a variety of them in my work. They were solid performers and built to last forever but none had any real graphics capability. Assuming the server had no latency issues to disrupt the linux-rtai kernel, I'd expect you would have to use a remote-graphics terminal, e.g., another computer, running an X-server to get the graphics performance you want. Certainly, you'd need it to use the AXIS user interface. Maybe you could get away with just the blade server if you used one of the more text-oriented user interfaces. It seems to me the total cost likely would exceed the cost of a system based on a new mini/microATX motherboard with integrated Atom CPU like the Intel D510MO or its competition. YMMV. Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
