On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 14:45 +1300, Ian Collins wrote: > On 01/13/11 02:33 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Erik Trimble<erik.trim...@oracle.com> > > writes: > > > > > > [...] > > > > Thanks for such a nice overview and lots of bits of informative detail > > from your experience > > > >> I like the IBM x3400 and x3500 pedestal servers (which, while they have > >> lots of PCI-E slots, only have x8, so no big graphics cards), or the IBM > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean there; the `lots' refers to > > PCI-E slots, but what does the `x8' refer to? > > > 8 x PCI-E lanes. High end graphics cards use 16. >
Yep, I could have made that more clear. Most server-class hardware has x8 PCI-E slots. Anything but the lowest end graphics cards will require a x16 PCI-E slot. If you don't care about 3D performance, the on-board graphics of most servers will do just nicely (generally, they can do 2D at 1280x1024 with no problem these days). Server-class stuff doesn't have audio, either. If you care about video/audio, I'd look at the used workstation stuff. It has less hard drive bays, but better audio and video capacity. -- Erik Trimble Java System Support Mailstop: usca22-317 Phone: x67195 Santa Clara, CA Timezone: US/Pacific (GMT-0800) _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
