>yeah, ugh. Well, the system came with 256MB of PC133 ECC registered SDRAM
>(2 * 128MB), I've fortified it with an additional 1GB of PC133 ECC
>registered SDRAM (4 * 256MB). I would *hope* any memory error would trip a
>ECC error. Tomorrow, I might pull the 1GB out and leave just the original
>256MB to see what happens...
>
>Lets see whether a single instance runs all night... If it does, then I'm
>gonna have to suspect a cache coherency problem which is likely
>architectural, ugh. This machine uses the ServerWorks III LE chipset
>(formerly Reliance Computer Corporation, they make high end SMP server
>chipsets for Compaq, Dell, HP, SuperMicro and others).
Well, that'd be a shame if it was architectural.
I had a chance to test out a Poweredge last year...just a quad PIII Xeon
though, before the new chips were out.
It performed admirably under NT and running 4 instances of NTPrime.
I must say though, the Compaq 4 way "blew" it away (well, by a few percentage
points) when running multiple instances on each CPU.
I recently got some info on Compaq's new Proliant servers that'll be using the
new CPU's... I'm under NDA, so I'm not 100% sure what info is already public
and what isn't. :( I'm sure I can at least say that the new machines use the
latest Xeon's, run at 133MHz FSB, use Compaq's own architecture, as always.
They're avoiding the Intel chipset, and the Compaq rep had some funny stuff to
say about Intel's chipsets... They have the latest 64 bit/66 MHz PCI slots,
etc. etc. etc. Looking really good. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one
of the 8-way Proliant 8000/8500 boxes. With 4 CPU's and about 1GB or so,
they're a steal at about $42,000...probably less through the other vendors.
Let's see...what else...they'll support a lot more memory, 8 or 16GB I seem to
recall... Of course, you'd need Windows 2000 to support that much.
Anyway, expected release dates for those nice little boxes are from this month
out to June for all the different models. Basically, they're revamping the
entire Proliant (and workstation) lines to include support for 133MHz FSB and
all the new chips. And what with the 820 and 840 chipsets being somewhat
lousy, it's nice having Compaq's own stuff on there, so you get real SDRAM
support and all the other goodies.
Aaron
_________________________________________________________________
Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
