Hi I was interested in the collective thoughts of SIMH users with regard to simulator performance - and in particular - about what would be a suitable platform to experiment with the multiprocessor variant of SIMH.
I have various reasons to be interested in a server that has multiple cores - from virtualisation of Windows and other operating systems to running multiple emulators including VAX and Alpha emulators. I am seriously considering buying an HP Proliant 585 Gen 6 server - the variant I'm looking it has 32 GB of RAM and 4 x hex core AMD Opteron 2.4Ghz (8431) for a total of 24 cores. There isn't a great deal of performance information out there but I think buying one of these second hand for around GBP 250 is a sensible compromise between number of CPUs and price. Are there any other multi-cpu servers I could sensibly consider given budget constraints? Is 32 GB a sensible amount of RAM or should I got for more? Thanks for the help. Mark.
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