Re: Server CPU

2023-07-22 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
older slower cpu with more. On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 t

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-21 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
t;>> motherboard, for instance here's a combination that is > >>> relatively > >>>>> cheap: > >>>>> > >>>>> $174 for an i5-12400, which according to cpubenchmark.net [1] > >>> [1] is > >>

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-21 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
eith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benchmark score. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+Silver+4116+%40+2.10GHz=31

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss
>> think you'll need; you can run many VMs with a total number of > >> virtual processors that is much more than what you actually have, > >> and as long as you're not trying to go whole hog on every machine at > >> the same time you'll be fine, and even if you do, yo

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
go whole hog on every machine at >> the same time you'll be fine, and even if you do, you'll still be >> better off with a faster processor with a few fewer threads than an >> older slower cpu with more. >> >> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-disc

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I did some research on what a vCPU is. I could not > find an exact answer. What I came away thinking was a vCPU is equal to > a thread. From what you are saying it sounds like a vCPU is a shared > resource, so there may be more vCPUs than actual threads? Is there a > way I can determine the nu

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
I could not > find an exact answer. What I came away thinking was a vCPU is equal to > a thread. From what you are saying it sounds like a vCPU is a shared > resource, so there may be more vCPUs than actual threads? Is there a > way I can determine the number of

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
;> and as long as you're not trying to go whole hog on every machine at >> the same time you'll be fine, and even if you do, you'll still be >> better off with a faster processor with a few fewer threads than an >> older slower cpu with more. >> >> On Thu, Jul 20, 202

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
few fewer threads than an older slower cpu with more. On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benchmark score

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benchmark score. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+Silver+4116+%40+2.10GHz=31

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benchmark score. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+Silver+4116+%40+2.10GHz=31

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Ryan Rix via PLUG-discuss
ou'll need; you can run many VMs with a total number of virtual processors >>> that is much more than what you actually have, and as long as you're not >>> trying to go whole hog on every machine at the same time you'll be fine, >>> and even if you do, you'll still be better o

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
as long as you're not >> trying to go whole hog on every machine at the same time you'll be fine, and >> even if you do, you'll still be better off with a faster processor with a >> few fewer threads than an older slower cpu with more. >> >> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 1

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
than an older slower cpu with more. > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Hi, > > I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It > is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a > g

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
appened upon a Xeon server CPU. It > is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a > good benchmark score. > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+Silver+4116+%40+2.10GHz=3179 > > https://www.newegg.com/p/274-000A-007K2?Description=Xeon

Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benchmark score. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+Silver+4116+%40+2.10GHz=3179 https://www.newegg.com/p/274-000A