Note that I might also go for a cluster configuration of standard SIMH builds, or some combination of emulators in a cluster just to make life interesting...
On 5 January 2015 at 23:01, Mark Wickens <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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